25 Spooky Halloween Math Word Problems

Double, double the trouble and trouble... Halloween isn't just about costumes and treats. It can also involve math! We created these festive Halloween math word problems so students can practice their math skills while celebrating the season.

All you have to do is post one of these third grade math word problems on your whiteboard or projector screen. Then let the kids carry on from there! (For a fun round, try Angela Yorgey's trick-or-treating activity with these problems as task cards.)

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25 Halloween Math Word Problems

1. Samantha visited 132 homes while giving trick or treating. Andy trick or treating in 168 houses. How many more homes has Andy visited than Samantha?

2. The pumpkin patch has 7,018 pumpkins. They sell 4,919. How many pumpkins do you have left?

3. Dana has 11 packs of rubber eyeballs. Each pack contains 5 eyeballs. How many gummy eyeballs does Dana have in total?

4. Frankenstein is in third grade. He brings orange, purple, and black cupcakes. Each color has the same number of cupcakes. If Frankenstein brings 27 cupcakes, how many of each color are there?

5. Daniel bakes a lot of ghost-shaped sugar cookies with his family. You baked a total of 42 cookies. You want to give 7 neighbors the same number of cookies. How many cookies does each neighbor get?

6. After trick or treating, Ronaldo had 434 candies. He gave his little sister 127 pieces of his candy. How many candies does he have now?

7. On Halloween night, Dena spent 82 minutes handing out candy and Carly spent 75 minutes doing it. A few blocks away, Brent spent 60 minutes handing out candy and Eric spent 35 minutes doing it. Which couple spent the most time handing out candy? Dena and Carly or Brent and Eric?

8. A fourth grader decorates her classroom for Halloween. They set up 538 orange lights, 120 skull decorations, 4 inflatable black cats and 27 witch hats. How many decorations did they use in total?

9. A spider has 8 legs. In October, Jesse used 9 spiders to decorate the web in front of his house. How many legs are there on the web?

10. Liam dresses up as Yoda for Halloween. He takes a long time to get ready. It starts at 5:10 and ends at 5:50. How many minutes did it take Liam to get ready?

11. Dad used to tell scary stories to Becca and her brother. He told 4 stories in 80 minutes, each story lasting the same amount of time. How many minutes did each scary story last?

12. Tickets to a Haunted House are $6.50 for adults and $4.00 for children. If there are a total of two adults and two children in a family, how much do they pay to enter the haunted house?

13. There are 3 ghosts at the Halloween party. Each ghost scares 10 people. How many people do the ghosts frighten in total?

14. A mummy prepares for her annual monster bash. He puts out 5 bowls of candy corn. Each bowl has 12 pieces. He also displays 4 trays of caramel apples. Each tray has 6 apples. How many more candy corn chunks than caramel apples does the mummy lay out?

15. A fourth grader goes on a field trip to Haunted Hill Farm. On a hay ride they see a corn field with 7 rows of corn. Each row has 7 cornstalks. How many corn stalks are there in total in the corn field?

16. Oliver sorts his Halloween candy into 6 equal groups. If he has 54 Halloween candies in total, how many candies are in each group?

17. A dozen witches get together to plan their Halloween spells. Four witches fly away on their broomsticks. How many witches are still at the meeting?

18. A zombie lives in a graveyard. The cemetery is 48 feet long and 36 feet wide. If the graveyard is a rectangle, what is its perimeter?

19. Ella and her 10 friends wore costumes to school for Halloween. Half of them dressed up as mermaids while the rest dressed up as Hermione from Harry Potter. How many dressed up as mermaids?

20. Zion and his 2 brothers are trying to pick a scary movie. Zion wants to see a vampire movie, but his two brothers want a werewolf movie. Which faction wants to see a werewolf movie?

21. Leslie wants to be Wonder Woman for Halloween this year. Her mother took her to the store. The costume costs $15.75, but she pays with a $20 bill. How much change does she get back?

22. Ella goes apple hopping at the Halloween Boo Bash. There were 8 apples in the tub at the beginning. She catches 2 apples. What proportion of the apples remain in the tub? Write your answer in the simplest form.

23. A group of witches are making a brew in a cauldron. They added 4 cans of Spooky Potion. Each can holds 6.8 ounces. How many ounces of spooky potion did they add in total?

24. A goblin's arms are each 73 centimeters long. Its legs are each 94 centimeters long. How long are his arms and legs together?

25. Elijah prepares for Halloween. His mother gave him a total of $100 to spend.

• He spends ¼ of his money on glow-in-the-dark vampire fangs.

• He spends ¼ of his money on black and orange balloons.

• He spends half his money on an inflatable dinosaur costume.

How much money did he spend on vampire fangs? How much money did he spend on his costume?

Love these Halloween math word problems? Check out our Halloween activities for even more resources.

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