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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.
Factoring Polynomials Cutout Puzzle
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Factoring Polynomials Cutout Puzzle

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Students are given a puzzle to solve by factoring third degree polynomials. The puzzle includes 12 problems to factor by grouping and 12 to factor by guess and test or polynomial long division. Students cut the pieces out and then match up each equation with its solution set. The puzzle fits together and then spells out "Math Is Wicked Cool" when you replace each larger number with its corresponding letter in the alphabet.
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.
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.
Permutation ACT SAT Test Prep
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Permutation ACT SAT Test Prep

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These are 10 sample ACT/SAT questions that deal with counting techniques and permutations. Each question has 5 options with at least 1 trap answer. Great practice for the real test!
Shaded Area SAT ACT Questions
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Shaded Area SAT ACT Questions

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This activity has 10 test prep questions that deal with finding shaded area, plane and coordinate geometry. The questions are written for an ACT exam but also serve as excellent preparation for CST and Star testing. Each question has 5 choices and at least 1 trap answer, and the teacher answer sheet has a key that gives each question’s difficulty level, correct answer, trap answer and the rationale for the trap answer.
Pythagorean Identity Test Prep
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Pythagorean Identity Test Prep

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These are 40 basic to moderate to challenging test prep problems for pythagorean identities (trigonometric). The packet is separated into 4 different sets of 10 questions, each with the answers provided. They are in multiple choice ACT or SAT prep style format. Answer sheets included.
Exponential vs. Linear Growth
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Exponential vs. Linear Growth

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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 each table to either a linear or exponential function that generated the data. It is wise for them to notice first if the rate of change is a constant amount (linear) or a constant percentage (exponential) before they look for the actual function.
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.
Periodic Functions and Cycles of Time
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Periodic Functions and Cycles of Time

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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 evaluate the period of a function and match it to the units it most likely represents (i.e. if it is 7 then the answer is days in a week)
Identifying Quadrants - Trigonometry
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Identifying Quadrants - Trigonometry

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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 practice identifying which quadrant an angle is in given 2 of its trigonometric ratios. Great for unit circle practice and trigonometry!
SAT Style Equations and Ratios
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SAT Style Equations and Ratios

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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 practice solving different equations in questions derived from practice ACT, SAT and other standardized exams. They require algebra skills but also practice logical reasoning.
SAT-Style Equations and Expressions
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SAT-Style Equations and Expressions

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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 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 answer banks for students and answer sheets for adults, this activity is great for home, school and special education. In this worksheet, students students solve various equations that represent typical questions seen on logic and reasoning tests like the SAT, ACT, CST and College Math Placement Tests.
Coterminal Angles and Degrees to Radians
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Coterminal Angles and Degrees to Radians

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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 must convert an angle to standard form in degrees and then find its equivalent angle in radians. Great way to practice Trigonometry.
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.
Expanding Radicals
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Expanding 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 worksheet, students learn the opposite process of simplifying radicals with 15 problems to answer the joke. I find that learning this opposite process pays dividends when the students start simplifying radicals.
Sequences and Series and Summation Notation
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Sequences and Series and Summation Notation

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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 particular worksheet, students learn about summation notation and how it is involved in arithmetic and geometric sequences and series.
Summation Notation and Sequences
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Summation Notation and Sequences

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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 particular worksheet, students learn about summation notation and how it is involved in arithmetic and geometric sequences and series.
Present and Future Value - Exponential Functions
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Present and Future Value - Exponential Functions

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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 particular worksheet, students learn about present and future value as it applies to exponential functions.
Imaginary Numbers and Powers of i
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Imaginary Numbers and Powers of i

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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 simplify complex numbers by using the powers of i and multiplying and dividing complex numbers. Great practice towards the end of an imaginary numbers unit.
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.