Free Groundhog Day Math Puzzle for Grades 3-8

Happy Groundhog Day!

Is it just me or is Groundhog Day not as big of a deal as it used to be?

Each year we celebrate Groundhog Day on February 2nd and anxiously await Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction of how much longer winter will last.

And while his track record is pretty poor (his predictions are only correct 40% of the time according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), you can still cling to hope for a shorter winter and celebrate in your classroom this year with a fun Groundhog Day Math Puzzle for students in grades 3-8!

The activity can be used a warm-up, transition, homework assignment, or exit ticket and can be shared with students in grades 3 and up!

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Groundhog Day Puzzle #1

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Hint: Many people have zero confidence in the groundhog's prediction for early spring

Answer Key: Groundhog=12, Sun=0, Hat=6, ?=6

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Groundhog Day Puzzle #2

Answer Key: Cloud=7, Snowflake=20, ?=33 (the groundhog and the hat can be any two numbers with a sum of 13)

Are YOU looking for some super fun daily math puzzles for your students in grades 3-8? Our best-selling 101 Daily Math Challenges workbook is now available as a PDF download!

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Free Math Coloring Pages and Worksheets for Grades 1-8

Are you looking for fun, engaging, and printable Math Coloring Pages and Math Coloring Worksheets for students in grades 1-8?

If so, then go ahead and share the following math coloring activities in your upcoming lesson plans and let the fun begin! The activities make perfect warm-up, cool-down, and/or transition activities.

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Ice Cream Math Coloring Page 01

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Ice Cream Math Coloring Page 02

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Ice Cream Math Coloring Page 03

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Answer Key

Puzzle #1: Strawberry=9, Cone=5, Sundae=4, ?=18

Puzzle #2: Strawberry=8, Cone=21, Sundae=24, ?=53

Puzzle #3: Strawberry=14, Cone=7, Sundae=6, ?=56

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Are You Ready for 17 Awesome New Math Challenges?

17 Fun and Printable Math Puzzles for Elementary and Middle School Students

A Post By: Anthony Persico

Winter vacation is over and teachers are taking on the challenge of engaging students and getting them refocused and thinking mathematically again.

Many teachers utilize engaging activities to kickstart the new year and get their kids excited about learning math.

So, in the spirit of getting students excited (and feeling challenged), I have created the following collection of free New Years Math Challenges for you to share with your kids!

Each printable math worksheet shares a challenge question (answers are included) appropriate for all elementary and middle school grade levels.

Parents can also share these fun challenge questions with your kids to keep them engaged and thinking mathematically outside of school.

Now let's get problem-solving!

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1.) Day 1 of 17

(Hint: Start with the chicks!)

Koala Bear = 7

Camel = 3

Chick = 11

Gorilla = 4

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2.) Day 2 of 17

(Hint: Start with the grapes!)

Pineapple = 4

Strawberry = 12

Grape = 12

Watermelon = 2

? = 26

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3.) Day 3 of 17

(Hint: The racket and the arrow both represent the same value!)

Bowling = 50

Basketball = 25

Arrow = 5

Racket = 5

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4.) Day 4 of 17

(Hint: Start with the blue cars!)

Blue Car = 9

Scooter = 7

Helicopter = 8

Jet = 4

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5.) Day 5 of 17

(Hint: 8 minus what number is that same number?)

T.V. = 4

Camera = 8

iPhone = 4

Microscope = 6

? = 6

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6.) Day 6 of 17

(Hint: You have to crawl before you can walk!)

Baby = 6

Hard Hat = 1

Old Man = 2

Police Officer = 6

The baby and the police officer both represent a value of 6. They are interchangeable. 

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7.) Day 7 of 17

(Hint: Equivalent emojis are interchangeable!)

Yellow Face = 10

Green Face = 10

Red Face = 17

? = 17

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8.) Day 8 of 17

(Hint: Even if you can't find the snail and the alligator individually, you know what their sum is.)

Turtle = 5

Alligator = 7 and Snail = 0, or

Snail = 7 and Alligator = 0

? = 12

One of the pair (alligator and snail) is 7 and the other is 0, but it is not possible to tell which is which.

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9.) Day 9 of 17

(Hint: Start with the best food--pizza!)

Cheeseburger = 2

Taco = 8

Pizza = 3

? = 24

If the value of the cheeseburger was zero, then the value of the pizza and the taco would also become zero.

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10.) Day 10 of 17

(Hint: Any nonzero value divided by itself equals one!)

Saxophone = 4

Guitar = 4

Keyboard = 4

? = 12

The value of the guitar and the value of the saxophone must be equal (and not zero), since their quotient is one! 

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11.) Day 11 of 17

(Hint: Handle that volcano right away!)

Volcano = 1

Statue of Liberty = 3

Rocket = 6

Race Car = 2

Ferris Wheel = 18

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12.) Day 12 of 17

(Hint: Patterns, my friend...patterns!)

Pig = 2

Tiger = 3

Mouse = 4

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13.) Day 13 of 17

(Hint: Think about what happens when you multiply values by zero and by one)

Avocado = 1

Pancakes = 4

Banana = 6

Donut = 8

Coffee = 0

French Fries = 16

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14.) Day 14 of 17

(Hint: The whole diagram represents 182 and the two given sections represent 112. How can you distribute the difference of 70 between the two unknown sections?)

Clown Fish = 4

Octopus = 10

Shark = 40

Crab = 30

Whale = 3

Area Model: 14 x 13

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15.) Day 15 of 17

(Hint: This is like a hundreds chart...kinda)

Neon Green = 510

Neon Pink = 80

Neon Blue = 220

Neon Orange = 190

Each box equals 10.

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16.) Day 16 of 17

(Hint: Look for patterns within the patterns!)

Case 1: Increases by 2, then 3, then 4...

? = 17

Case 2: Each value is twice the previous value

? = 48

Case 3: Each value is one more than thrice the previous value 

? = 283

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17.) Day 17 of 17

(Hint: Just play around with this one until you get it!)

Cow = 3

Fox & Boar = 6 and 7

Monkey & Frog = 8 and 4

Brown Bear & Panda = 9 and 5

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By Anthony Persico

Anthony is the content crafter and head educator for YouTube's MashUp Math and an advisor to Amazon Education's 'With Math I Can' Campaign. You can often find me happily developing animated math lessons to share on my YouTube channel . Or spending way too much time at the gym or playing on my phone.

Multiplication Table Worksheets: Free Printable Math Puzzles

Can Your Students Solve These Multiplication Table Math Puzzles?

Are you looking for some fun and engaging activities to help your kids practice and understand multiplication?

I started using multiplication table puzzles with my students every week last school year, and the results were pretty awesome, especially when it came to improving their ability to multiply and divide values without relying on memorization.

And if you're a fan of Stanford's Jo Boaler, then you know that she is a huge proponent of using visual math activities (like multiplication table puzzles) to improve student performance.

The following puzzles challenge students to use their math and reasoning skills to find the value of different symbols contained within a multiplication table.

They work like a bingo-table where the icon in each box represents the product of its corresponding column and row.

So go ahead and share the puzzles with your kiddos this week! They make for a great warm-up or cool-down activity for sparking mathematical discussion and creative problem-solving!

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1.) Candy Time!

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2.) Sandwich Day!

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3.) Peanut Butter Time!

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These puzzles are samples from my best-selling workbook 101 Math Challenges for Engaging Your Students in Grades 3-8.

The book is available as a PDF download and you can also get a hard copy on Amazon (Free Amazon Prime Shipping Included; pages are in black-and-white).

Click here to download your free PDF worksheet!

And here are the solutions to today’s multiplication table puzzles:

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Free Math Coloring Worksheets for 3rd and 4th Grade

Now is the perfect time to share some math coloring pages and coloring worksheets with your 3rd grade and 4th grade students!

(Were you looking for math coloring pages for grades 5 and 6?)

These brand new math coloring worksheets for grade 3 and grade 4 come as familiar PDF files that are easy to print and share. The math coloring puzzles will engage your students to practice mathematical thinking and apply basic operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

The activities can be used to supplement your lesson plans and can be shared during any point of a lesson plan (or as homework and extra credit assignments).

Keep reading to access the full PDF file that shares all five math coloring worksheets for 3rd graders and 4th graders. To download each worksheet individually, right-click an image and save it to your computer.

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Math Coloring Worksheets for 3rd and 4th Grade

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By Anthony Persico

Anthony is the content crafter and head educator for YouTube's MashUp Math and an advisor to Amazon Education's 'With Math I Can' Campaign. You can often find me happily developing animated math lessons to share on my YouTube channel . Or spending way too much time at the gym or playing on my phone.