Christmas Math Mystery Activity (GRADE 5) - Case of The Selfish Elf

Christmas Math Activity: Christmas Math Mystery – Case of The Selfish Elf (GRADE 5 US Common Core Aligned) – Engage and motivate your students during math time with this fun Christmas activity!

Students have to use their math skills to eliminate suspects so they can find out who the Selfish Elf is!

There are 5 clues to crack to solve the mystery:

Clue 1: Place Value with Decimals (tenths, hundredths, thousandths)
Clue 2: Adding Decimals (tenths, hundredths)
Clue 3: Multiplying Fractions (No simplifying required)
Clue 4: Convert metric units of volume (ml, L)
Clue 5: Dividing Numbers Ending in Zeroes by 1-digit numbers (no remainders)


Pack also includes a suspect declaration sheet, answer sheets, elimination guide and awards.


Great Christmas math activity!


Available for other grades with different skills/levels of difficulty. Please email me on jjresourcecreations@gmail.com for assistance.

*US spelling used. Please email me on jjresourcecreations@gmail.com if you would like adjusted to suit UK/AUS spelling.

Mrs J.

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