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Welcome to Common Core Fun! We make original, classroom-tested and age-appropriate puzzles, and joke & riddle FUNsheets to help teachers, parents, tutors and motivated students learning math. All of these classroom or home activities were created with 10+ years of teaching experience and fun.

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Welcome to Common Core Fun! We make original, classroom-tested and age-appropriate puzzles, and joke & riddle FUNsheets to help teachers, parents, tutors and motivated students learning math. All of these classroom or home activities were created with 10+ years of teaching experience and fun.
2-Step Equations
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2-Step Equations

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This activity requires NO PREP, student and teacher documents included. PLEASE REMEMBER TO RATE ME! It is a riddle worksheet where students have an answer bank and they use that to solve a (slightly cheesy) joke. Kids like this activities because they make the math meaningful, and FUN, and teachers like them because the answer bank gives students a tool to self-assess. Because of answer banks for students and answer sheets for adults, this activity is great for homeschool and special ed students too! In this activity, students evaluate expressions and in the process apply the order of operations to solve the joke!
Simplifying Fractions - 2 FUNsheets
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Simplifying Fractions - 2 FUNsheets

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This activity requires NO PREP, student and teacher documents included. It is a riddle worksheet where students have an answer bank and they use that to solve a (slightly cheesy) joke. Kids like this activities because they make the math meaningful, and FUN, and teachers like them because the answer bank gives students a tool to self-assess. Because of answer banks for students and answer sheets for adults, this activity is great for homeschool and special ed students too! In this activity, students simplify fractions. This is a bundle of 2 worksheets, buy them both and save $1!
Fraction Comprehensive Bundle
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Fraction Comprehensive Bundle

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This bundle consists of 10 different worksheets on fractions. It includes: 1.) Mixed Numbers 2.) Simplifying Fractions 1 3.) Simplifying Fractions 2 4.) Multiplying Fractions 5.) Adding Fractions with a Common Denominator 6.) Adding Fractions with Pictures of Circles 7.) Adding Fractions with No Common Denominator 8.) Subtracting Fractions with a Common Denominator 9.) Subtracting Fractions with No Common Denominator 10.) Dividing Fractions Buy all 10 and get a $10 discount!
Function Composition - Advanced
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Function Composition - Advanced

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These activities require NO PREP. Student and teacher documents included. Check out the preview file. It is a riddle worksheet in which students use an answer bank to solve a (slightly cheesy) joke. They like this activity because it makes the math meaningful and FUN. Teachers like it because the answer bank gives students a self-assessment tool. Great practice for calculus and the chain rule! This worksheet consists of 4 given functions and students must match a new function to how it was composed from those given functions. Great practice for the chain rule in Calculus too. ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
Pythagorean Theorem Right Triangles FUN worksheet
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Pythagorean Theorem Right Triangles FUN worksheet

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This activity requires NO PREPARATION. Student and teacher documents included. It is a riddle worksheet where students have an answer bank and they use that to solve a (slightly silly) riddle ("Why did the duck get sent to the principal’s office?") Young people like this activities because they make the math meaningful, and FUN, and teachers like them because the answer bank gives students a tool to self-assess. In this particular worksheet, students use the Pythagorean theorem (a squared plus b-squared equals c-squared) to solve a riddle. They solve for hypotenuses and legs, and some are perfect squares and others are not.
Summation and Definite Integral
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Summation and Definite Integral

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In this activity, students must find the definite integral that is equivalent to each summation expression as n approaches infinity. It is great prep for the AP Calculus exam, where these questions frequently come up and students often lack practice for it. This activity requires NO PREP, answer sheets included. ☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻ ☻ This is a riddle worksheet in which students use an answer bank to solve a (slightly cheesy) joke. They like this activity because it makes the math meaningful and FUN. Teachers like it because the answer bank gives students a tool to self-assess. Because of the answer bank for students and answer sheet for teachers, this activity is great for home, school and students with special needs. Great for warm-ups, great for use with a substitute.
Checking Inverses with Function Composition
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Checking Inverses with Function Composition

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This is a riddle worksheet in which students use an answer bank to solve a (slightly cheesy) joke. They like this activity because it makes the math meaningful and FUN. Teachers like it because the answer bank gives students a tool to self-assess. Because of the answer bank for students and answer sheet for teachers, this activity is great for home, school and students with special needs. Great for warm-ups, great for use with a substitute. In this riddle worksheet, students check if two given functions are inverses by plugging one into the other and checking if they cancel to x or if f(g(x)) = x = g(f(x)). This activity requires NO PREP, answer sheets included. ☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻
Evaluating Expressions
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Evaluating Expressions

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This activity requires NO PREP, student and teacher documents included. PLEASE REMEMBER TO RATE ME! It is a riddle worksheet where students have an answer bank and they use that to solve a (slightly cheesy) joke. Kids like this activities because they make the math meaningful, and FUN, and teachers like them because the answer bank gives students a tool to self-assess. Because of answer banks for students and answer sheets for adults, this activity is great for homeschool and special ed students too! In this activity, students evaluate expressions by applying the order of operations to solve the joke!
Subtracting Fractions with a Common Denominator
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Subtracting Fractions with a Common Denominator

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This activity requires NO PREP, student and teacher documents included. This is a riddle worksheet in which students use an answer bank to solve a (slightly cheesy) joke. They like this activity because it makes the math meaningful and FUN. Teachers like it because the answer bank gives students a tool to self-assess. Because of the answer bank for students and answer sheet for teachers, this activity is great for home, school and students with special needs. Great for warm-ups, great for use with a substitute. In this FUNsheet, students must subtract each of the fractions and match their answers to the simplified fraction in the answer in order to solve a riddle. All FUNsheets are classroom-tested. Kids like this activities because they make the math meaningful, and FUN, and teachers like them because the answer bank gives students a tool to self-assess. Also a great tool for home-schooled students too!
Evaluating Piecewise Graphs
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Evaluating Piecewise Graphs

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This activity requires NO PREP. Student and teacher documents included. It is a riddle worksheet where students have an answer bank and they use that to solve a (slightly cheesy) joke. Kids like this activities because they make the math meaningful, and FUN, and teachers like them because the answer bank gives students a tool to self-assess. This resource includes answer banks for students and answer sheets for adults. This activity is great for homeschool and special ed students too! In this worksheet, students use graphs of three different piecewise functions to evaluate them at different points!
Make 24 Bundle
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Make 24 Bundle

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In this game, groups of students compete to "make 24" as many times as possible. They are given 10 examples and must make 24 using all of the numbers and the basic operations. It is a great activity because it reinforces arithmetic while working on algebraic thinking. It is very appropriate for students of all different skill levels as well. Buy all 5 and save $2!
Midpoint Formula
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Midpoint Formula

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In this activity, students must find the midpoint given a pair of coordinates. With the solution, they find the answer to a joke or riddle. The instructor answer key is included.
Unit Circle Mastery Trigonometry FUNsheet
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Unit Circle Mastery Trigonometry FUNsheet

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In this activity, students become familiar with the unit circle as they evaluate different trigonometric expressions (without using a calculator) in order to solve a riddle. Students match their answer to an answer bank and solve the joke “Why is it a bad idea to hang a funny picture on the wall?” Angles are given in radians.
Simplifying Fractions
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Simplifying Fractions

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This activity requires NO PREP, student and teacher documents included. It is a riddle worksheet where students have an answer bank and they use that to solve a (slightly cheesy) joke. Kids like this activities because they make the math meaningful, and FUN, and teachers like them because the answer bank gives students a tool to self-assess. Because of answer banks for students and answer sheets for adults, this activity is great for homeschool and special ed students too! In this activity, students must match an unsimplified fraction to its simplified equivalent. Great beginning of the year practice!
Properties of Parallelograms
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Properties of Parallelograms

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This activity requires NO PREP, student and teacher documents included. It is a riddle worksheet where students have an answer bank and they use that to solve a (slightly cheesy) joke. Kids like this activities because they make the math meaningful, and FUN, and teachers like them because the answer bank gives students a tool to self-assess. Answer banks for students and answer sheets for adults make this resource excellent for homeschool and special ed students!