St. Patty's Day Math!

St. Patrick's Day Math!

1. Shamus O'Toole has a bustling business selling corned beef. The first week of this month he sold 23 pounds of corned beef. The second and third weeks of this month he sold 49 pounds of corned beef. What is the weekly average number of pounds he sold for this month? (round to the nearest whole number)

2. Dublin is a magical place in Ireland, full of leprechauns and gold! If there are 8 pots of gold for every leprechaun in Dublin, how many pots of gold are there if there are 1000 leprechauns?

3. A four leaf clover is lucky to find. If Sarah O'Lanny found 40 four leaf clovers, how many actual leaves did she find? (hint- a four leaf clover has 4 leaves)

4. Mary O'Brien had cabbage every day for two months, at lunch and dinner. How many servings of cabbage did Mary eat in these two months, providing each month was 30 days?

5. Laura Leprechaun made 60 cupcakes for her Lucky Leprechauns class. If she iced half of them green, and half of them white, how many cupcakes were there of each color iced?

6. The first time St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in America was in 1737. If this is 2010, how many years have we been celebrating this lucky holiday in America?

7. Nora O'Connell decorated her first grade class bulletin board with green paper for St. Patrick's Day. If she used 67 inches of paper border, how many feet did she use?

8. Larry the Leprechaun stole 18 cookies from Mrs. Clary's class party. How many were left, if Mrs. Clary had baked 3 dozen cookies?

9. If there are seven colors in the rainbow, how many colors would there be in 10 rainbows?

10. Mrs. O'Shaunassey was cooking a special dinner to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. She spent the following amounts of money on food:
$22.35 corned beef
$6.77 rolls
$4.91 cabbage
If she started with $40.00, how muh does she have left for decorations for the dinner?