Join the math circus! This themed place value activity begins with visual examples for learners to understand number composition with regard to tens and ones. They try a few on their own using the visual clues then complete 14 on their...

Define words with numbers in a fun vocabulary activity. Using words from Hoot by Carl Hiaasen, learners use a grid to match words and their definitions, and to find the magic number that is the same when the numbers are added from...

In this magic squares worksheet, students solve 3 magic squares using negative numbers or a mixture of positive and negative numbers. The squares contain 9 boxes and the numbers that go in the squares are provided.

Take a break from reading to find the magic number with this vocabulary game using words drawn from Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee.  Participants match the definition to the word in each numbered square of the puzzle, then add...

Pupils will explore numbers rules. They will create a picture of their rule and exchange their paper with a classmate. The classmate works to figure out the rule. They then share with each other how they found the rule. Questions are...

I can find the error in an array of cards? After watching a demonstration class members search for the error is the provided cards. The resource provides a real-life example of using ISBN numbers in error detection and using check...

Abracadabra! Letters can be used in math to represent numbers with the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to solve problems! Math magicians will participate in an activity that uses a calculator and a bag...

Middle schoolers play magic number squares to review school related vocabulary words. The grid provided has 16 Spanish words, and the class needs to match the English translation to the correct Spanish vocabulary word. But how do they...

Students discover that magic squares are interesting objects in both mathematics proper and in recreational mathematics. So they are objects that students should have heard about and experienced.

In this magic squares worksheet, students complete the 3 magic squares on the page. Teachers can use the worksheet generator to select certain options for the magic squares.

Here’s a vocabulary activity that will really knock you out. Readers of J.D. Salinger’s classic novel match terms drawn from The Catcher in the Rye with their definitions, and then complete a magic square activity. It’s really grand.

Squares can be magic. Pupils use their knowledge of addition of positive and negative rational numbers to create a 3 X 3 magic square where the sums are 1. Scholars create addition and multiplication expressions with a set of rational...

Combine math and vocabulary in a fun activity based on Lois Lowry's The Giver. Before kids begin the book, they look up the definitions of 16 vocabulary words and complete a puzzle that will give them the same number.

Readers of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night use a magic squares matrix to match vocabulary words from Act II, Scene 5 with their definitions. An answer key is provided.

In this magic shapes worksheet, 7th graders work in groups to solve 9 magic square puzzles requiring logic and problem solving.

First graders identify and write ordinal numbers by following the sequence the school bus followed during a field trip to the nine planets in the solar system. This is based on the book The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System.

In this math puzzle worksheet, students solve 5 magic square puzzles that require them to fill in the blanks so that all rows. columns, and diagonals add up to the same sum.

In this math worksheet, students convert the sixteen values into scientific notation. Then they find the answers in the right-column to fill in the Magic Square with its letter.

In this magic square worksheet, students solve equations to determine the numbers to be placed in grids.  This one-page worksheet contains 25 problems.

In this doubles addition worksheet, students add doubles of one digit numbers up to the number 10. Students complete 10 addition problems.

After hearing the story, One Hundred Angry Ants, learners apply what they have seen to a math challenge. They choose one of three numbers: 12, 24, or 36. Imagining this were the number of ants going to a picnic, they consider how many...

Use the book Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream to inspire your learners to solve and create multiplication word problems. After listening to the story, they solve two "which is more" problems. They explain their thinking with images,...

For this magic squares worksheet, students fill in missing numbers in squares to arrive at the "magic number." A website reference is given for additional activities. 

In this magic squares activity, students fill in missing numbers in squares to arrive at the "magic number." A website reference is given for additional activities.