Math+Learning+Station

﻿ At this learning station, you will work with a partner in your group to solve Harry Potter //word problems//. The following word problems will test your abilities to solve //addition//, //subtraction//, //multiplication//, and //division// problems.

1. Please read through the word problems below. Use your math skills to figure out the correct answers. You may work with a partner. 2. Post your answers to the class discussion board titled **"Harry Potter Word Problems"**. If you work with a partner, please post your answers separately. 3. If you finish early, work with your partner to create your own Harry Potter word problems here! **Stay tuned -** Next week I will read through the word problems you all wrote and select six well-written, thought-provoking word problems for the class to answer as extra credit.

1). Hermione has 52 sickles. She buys a butterbeer for 2 sickles and Pygmy Puff for 12 sickles. How many sickles does she have left?

2). Mrs. Weasely is throwing a party at the Burrow. Fred and George are responsible for bringing drinks. If Fred brings 24 butterbeers and George brings 63 butterbeers, how many butterbeers are there for the party?

3). In Professor Slughorn's Potion's class, there are five tables. Four students sit at each table. How many students are in his Potion's class.

4). Neville's grandmother bought him 28 chocolate frogs. He doesn't like them, so he decides to give the frogs to Harry, Ron, and Hermione. If he shares the frogs equally between them, how many frogs does each person get?  5). In one box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, there are 12 beans. Ginny bought 5 boxes. How many beans does she have?

6). Harry has caught 175 snitches in his life. Draco has caught 72 snitches in his life. How many more snitches has Harry caught than Draco?

7). Hagrid is folding his clean socks. If he has 24 socks to fold, how many pairs of socks does he have?

8). While at Weasley's Wizard Wheezes, Ron wants to buy a box of Skiving Snackboxes for 5 sickles, a box of Nosebleed Nougats for 8 sickles, a trick wand for 13 sickles, and a Reusable Hangman for 22 sickles. How much money does he need to buy all of these items?