This Christmas maths code breaker uses skills learnt in solving equations with unknowns on both sides to reveal a Christmas joke. Make your students feel like a spy trying to crack a code in a fun and novel way for students to practice solving equations. x could be negative or positive and some questions also require students to expand a single bracket before solving. The sheet contains awesome Holiday clip art to help engage your learners at Christmas. Answers are included.
Students need to answer the questions and find each corresponding letters in order to reveal a Christmas joke. Great for starters or to give to early finishers.
Suggestions for use:
Give to students to do by themselves
Give for homework
Use as a collaborative task - (pairs/3s work out a row each)
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Christmas maths: solving equations activities bundle
An bundle of christmas themed solving equations activities. The Christmas maths code breaker uses skills learnt in solving step equations to reveal Christmas jokes. Make your students feel like a spy trying to crack a code in a fun and novel way for students to practice solving equations. The sheet contains awesome Holiday clip art to help engage your learners at Christmas. Answers are included. Great activities for all your groups this Christmas. Use with one class and get them to self differentiated the equations they would like to do! Students need to answer the questions and find each corresponding letters in order to reveal a Christmas joke. Great for starters or to give to early finishers. Suggestions for use: Give to students to do by themselves Give for homework Use as a collaborative task - (pairs/3s work out a row each) Also included is a solving one step equations maze. If you would like more Christmas themed math activities please click [here](https://www.tes.com/resources/search/?authorId=694668&q=christmas&shop=MissEHoney).
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