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About the Free resource!This set of 28 math task cards for grades 4-5 is perfect for the day after Halloween.

These task cards can be used for:• Around the Room Math • Math Centers or Stations• Scoot

Math Skills Include:• Finding half of a number• Finding a number that is half of a given amount• Subtracting decimals in the form of money• Multiplication • Division

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The day after Halloween Math




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A bag of candy normally sells for $4. The day after Halloween, the price is half off the normal price. What is the price of the

candy the day after Halloween?

The price of bag of candy corn decreased from $2.19 to $1.65 once Halloween was

over. By how much did the price decrease?

A mixed bag of chocolate is regularly priced at $7.99. After Halloween, the price drops by $2.63. What is the sale price for the bag of

chocolate?

A bag of lollipops is $3 the day after Halloween. This price is half off the normal price.

What is the normal price for the bag of lollipops?

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After trick-or-treating, Damien realizes he has 36 pieces of chocolate. He wants to split them equally into 4 bags. How many

pieces of candy will go in each bag?

Mrs. Martinez estimates that she has about 72 pieces of candy corn left over after a Halloween

party. If she splits them equally between two bags, about how many pieces will go in each

bags?

The price of a bag of vampire teeth decreased from $2.25 to $1.69 once Halloween was over.

By how much did the price decrease?

Halloween candles are on sale for half off the day after

Halloween. If the discounted price is $4, how much was the original price of the Halloween

candles?









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On November 1, the day after Halloween, all of the grocery stores put the Halloween candy on sale for half off. If a bag of mixed candy bars normally sold

for $5.00, how much will it cost on sale?

The local craft store put all the Halloween decorations on sale the

day after Halloween. Every Halloween decoration is half off. If the inflatable ghost was $30.00 before Halloween, how much will it cost the

day after Halloween?

The price of decorated pumpkins drops from $15.00 by $13.00. What is the sale price of

the decorated pumpkins?

Milosh had a great Halloween party, but he has some candy left over that he wants to share with his 4

cousins. He counts 32 pieces of candy. How much candy will each of his cousins have in their bags if they

all get equal amounts?









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After Halloween, Mrs. Templeton wants to give her 5 grandchildren her leftover candy apples. If

she has 10 candy apples left, how many will each

grandchild get?

Now that Halloween is over, Simon needs to store his 12 spooky cauldrons. He wants to equally store them on 4 shelves in a cabinet. How

many spooky cauldrons will be on each shelf?

The day after Halloween, all the Halloween pails are

marked down to $1.00. If the discount is half-off, what was

the original price of the pails?

After trick-or-treating, Philip realizes he has 22 candy bars. He wants to split them equally into 2 bags. How many pieces of candy will go in

each bag?









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The pumpkins sitting outside Harvey’s Grocery have been marked down from $0.50 a

pound to $0.25 a pound. By how much did the price decrease?

The Sweet Tooth Bakery has their Halloween cupcakes

on sale now that Halloween is over. Originally, the

cupcakes sold for $1.25 each. Now each cupcake is $0.50. What is the decrease

in price?

The price of Halloween sprinkles decreases from $8

per kg to $6.40 per kg after Halloween. What is the decrease in price?

Mrs. Jinx gave each of her 5th graders a plastic witch’s finger. Once Halloween was over, she

realized she had 6 witches’ fingers left over. If she splits the fingers equally among her 3 nieces, how

many fingers will each niece get?









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After Halloween, Mr. Klug realized he had 48 monster bubble gum

eyballs left. He wants to give these to his 8 piano students. How many pieces of monster eyeball bubble

gum will each piano student receive?

Kristen needs to store her Halloween T-shirts now that the season is over. She has 6 T-shirts and has 2 boxes to store them in. How many

T-shirts will be in each box?

The Halloween candles were discounted by $8. The original price, before Halloween, was $15.99. What is the new discounted price?

After the Halloween dance at school was over, D’Anneneeded to count the fake spiders and store them in

boxes of 8 spiders each. She counted 24 spiders. How

many boxes will she need to store all of the spiders?









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After Halloween, the price of Halloween masks was

discounted to $5.45. If the original price of the masks was $9.25, what was the

discount amount?

The day after Halloween, Mrs. Fernandez bought 3 bags of discounted candy. Each bag contained 25 pieces of candy. How many pieces of candy

did Mrs. Fernandez buy in all?

Halloween costumes are regularly priced at $17.99. After Halloween the price dropped by $8.63. What was the sale price for the

costumes?

Marco decided to purchase his costume for next year while it was discounted. The costume was on sale for $10. This price was half-off the normal price. What was the costume’s normal

price?





The day after Halloween Task CardsName: ____________________________________________________ Date: _______________

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1 $2

2 $0.54

3 $5.36

4 $6

5 9 pieces of candy

6 36 pieces of candy

7 $0.56

8 $8

9 $2.50

10 $15

11 $2


13 2 candy apples

14 3 spooky cauldrons

# Answer

15 $2

16 11 candy bars

17 $0.25 or half off/50% off

18 $0.75

19 $1.60

20 2 fingers

21 6 pieces

22 3 T- shirts

23 $7.99

24 3 boxes

25 $3.80


27 $9.36

28 $20

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