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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.
Polydoku! Factoring Polynomials
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Polydoku! Factoring Polynomials

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This activity is a great way to introduction polynomial division and factoring. Students view a problem as a puzzle. Instructions are given on the sheet, answer sheet included.
Polynomial Upper Level Review Bundle
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Polynomial Upper Level Review Bundle

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This bundle includes 9 different items that review polynomial operations. It is NOT meant as a comprehensive unit on polynomials, but for an upper level math course, this has plenty of review materials and refreshers. It includes: 1.) Polynomial Graphs 2.) Factoring Trinomials (with a leading coefficient) 3.) Factor by grouping 4.) Polynomial Division 5.) Factoring Cutout 6.) Polydoku (factoring/division) 7.) Rational Expressions Cutout 8.) Sum/Difference of Cubes 9.) Polydoku challenges Because of answer banks for students and answer sheets for adults, this activity is great for homeschool and special ed students too!
Basic Addition Worksheet
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Basic Addition Worksheet

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In this activity, students match a particular sum to another sum with the same solution. As they find the matching answer, they place a letter from the answer bank into the appropriate box to uncover a joke. Because of answer banks for students and answer sheets for adults, this activity is great for homeschool and special ed students too!
Basic Subtraction Joke Worksheet
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Basic Subtraction Joke Worksheet

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In this activity, students match a particular difference to another difference with the same solution. As they find the matching answer, they place a letter from the answer bank into the appropriate box to uncover a joke. Because of answer banks for students and answer sheets for adults, this activity is great for homeschool and special ed students too!
Function Composition
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Function Composition

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In this activity, students find a new function by composing one function into another function. They match the answer to an answer bank and in the process find the answer to the joke "What is Mozart doing right now?"
Labeling Opp, Adj, Hyp
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Labeling Opp, Adj, Hyp

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This is an introductory activity for trigonometry, and in it students work on labeling triangles correctly. It is a quick activity where students decide the appropriate label (O, A, H) and in the process answer a joke. Great for beginning SOHCAHTOA
Solving Exponential Equations
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Solving Exponential Equations

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In this activity, students solve exponential equations and match their answers to an answer bank. In the process, the solve the joke "What did one wall say to the other?"
Properties of Logarithms
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Properties of Logarithms

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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! Students use the 3 properties of logarithms to find equivalent expressions.
Parent Function Tranformations
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Parent Function Tranformations

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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 worksheet, students are given 4 parent functions (cubic, quadratic, absolute value, exponential) and 16 examples of different transformations in function form (i.e. f(x+2)= or -f(x)=) and asked to match each transformation to the graph. The material includes vertical and horizontal transformations as well as reflections across the x-axis and the y-axis. Students solve a riddle in the process.
Unit Circle Mastery
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Unit Circle Mastery

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This activity requires NO PREP, student and teacher documents included. Drill but don’t kill 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 worksheet, students must show their familiarity with the unit circle by finding expressions that match a given expression in value.
Domain Restrictions
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Domain Restrictions

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These activities 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! On this riddle worksheet, students need to match the graph of a certain range of x-values to the function based on implicit domain restrictions. It practices restrictions from square roots and from denominators that can't equal zero and they solve a riddle of what do you call a bear with no teeth?
Finding Equation of a Line Between Points
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Finding Equation of a Line Between Points

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These activities 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 worksheet, students are given 14 examples with 2 points on the x-y coordinate grid and they must find the equation of the line that passes through both points. In completing the worksheet, they solve the riddle - why did the belt get locked up? - because he held up a pair of pants. This is a great way to practice finding slope and y-intercept algebraically.
Solving Logarithm Equations
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Solving Logarithm Equations

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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 the worksheet students solve for a missing variable using logarithmic equations. Students practice logarithms and basic algebra.
Dividing by Fractions
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Dividing by Fractions

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This activity requires NO PREP, student and teacher documents included. Drill without the kill 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 worksheet, students divide fractions by fractions. Please note: This item contains 2 different versions of the same worksheet. The first version contains mixed numbers, the 2nd version contains improper fractions, but the math is the same. If you wanted to practice dividing by fractions in isolation, go with version 2. If you want to practice mixed numbers too, go with version 1.
Period of a Trig Function
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Period of a Trig Function

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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 worksheet, students take a sine or cosine function and identify its period.
Exponential Growth and Interest Rates
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Exponential Growth and Interest Rates

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These activities 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! Students are given 10 different financial scenarios and asked to find the interest rate necessary to produce each. In the process they solve the joke "What do you call a go-go dancing pig?" They build conceptual and technical skills around exponential growth and solving equations using roots.
Properties of Logarithms ACT SAT Practice
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Properties of Logarithms ACT SAT Practice

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This worksheet includes 20 test prep, multiple choice questions, along with a teacher answer document. Each question had 5 choices and at least one trap answer. Questions start out Easy and become more difficult as the problem set progresses. Properties of logarithms and steps for solving equations are included.
Solving Equations with Exponents and Radicals
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Solving Equations with Exponents and Radicals

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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 solve equations involving fractions, exponents and roots to solve the joke.
Function Composition SAT ACT Prep
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Function Composition SAT ACT Prep

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These 10 multiple choice problems cover function composition using formulas, tables and graphs. They serve as excellent practice for the SAT, ACT or your state's standardized achievement exam. Each question has 5 choices, and at least 1 trap answer. A great way to differentiate this activity is to have higher skilled students identify each trap answer and justify.
Mayan Numbers
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Mayan Numbers

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This is a great activity for students to learn about number systems, exponents and Mayan numbers. The Mayans used a place value system, just like ours, except with base-20 instead of base 10 (they counted with their fingers and toes).