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Riddle Addition
In this math riddle activity, students solve the 6 addition problems on the page to help solve the riddle. Once they have completed the problems, they write the letters that match their answers in the boxes at the bottom of the page.
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Number Puzzlers
In this math riddle activity, 3rd graders find the pair of numbers for each puzzler and write the letter for the pair of numbers in each blank at the bottom of the activity page. Students then solve the riddle.
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Place Value - Butterflies Floating Place to Place
Learn about butterflies and place value in a series of interdisciplinary lessons! With several worksheets that reference butterfly facts in word problems, kids can practice science and math in one activity. Additional worksheets are...
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Grade 5 Supplement Set A2 – Number and Operations: Primes, Composites and Common Factors
Incorporate riddles into your math lesson by having students make tree factors and determine if the number is a prime or composite. They will also use other clues to find the answer to the riddle while sharpening their...
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Addition Riddles
In this addition riddles instructional activity, students read three clues and analyze the numbers in a 4 square grid. Students cross out numbers that do not fit the clues and determine the answer. There are 4 riddles on each page.
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Multiply By 9 Riddle
In this multiplication worksheet, students solve 8 multiplication facts in which the number 9 is multiplied by another single digit. Students use their answers to decode a riddle.
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Create and Solve
For this word problem worksheet, 2nd graders solve 6 math riddles. They use a hundreds chart as needed to start at a given number and add on to find the answer.
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Math Maven's Mysteries: Time for a Crime
In these math word problem worksheets, students help solve the mystery 'Time for a Crime.' Students read the story and use the ferry schedule to help track down the thief. Students circle the name of the guilty suspect.
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Number Gumshoe
For this mystery numbers game worksheet, learners use the 15 clues as well as their multiplication and division skills to solve 15 math riddles.
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Plane Figures
In this plane figure worksheet, students solve a total of 6 riddle problems related to identifying polygons using given information.
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Egyptian Puzzles
A great way to make a lesson interdisciplinary, these thirteen math word problems are all Egyptian-themed, allowing you to cross your social studies unit with a set of math skills. Note that a few questions from the first page are...
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Expressions of Appalachian Mountain Folk
In this math instructional activity, learners plot the coordinates and then unscramble a code in order to decipher a riddle about the expressions used in the Appalachian Mountains.
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What Number Am I?
For this number riddles worksheet, students read 6 word puzzles that will give students clues to determine the mystery number. Students write the number on the line.
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Track Meet
In this reasoning worksheet, 3rd graders look over a table with statistics and solve the answers to 5 word problems related to the table about a class track meet.