Find fun and engaging math mysteries and projects to get your students motivated during math time. Great for practice and review, my math mysteries come in different grade levels that can be used to customize for differentiation. The grade levels are US Common Core aligned, check out the description which outlines skills and levels involved within that math mystery version to determine whether it suits your class level and/or curriculum. Enjoy! :)
Find fun and engaging math mysteries and projects to get your students motivated during math time. Great for practice and review, my math mysteries come in different grade levels that can be used to customize for differentiation. The grade levels are US Common Core aligned, check out the description which outlines skills and levels involved within that math mystery version to determine whether it suits your class level and/or curriculum. Enjoy! :)
St Patrick's Day Math, St Patrick’s Day Math Mystery (Grade 3) - NO PREP worksheets included are common core aligned and are great for practice and revision. Depending where your students are at in the curriculum it may also provide an excellent opportunity to teach something new! Engage and motivate your students to practice a variety of math skills with this fun St Patrick’s Day themed Math Mystery!
Math Mystery: Case of the Misplaced Pot of Gold
Leroy McClumsy, a leprechaun, is really sad because he cannot remember where he left his pot of gold in Mathhattan. St Patrick’s Day won’t be much fun for him if he doesn’t find it. A great math detective is needed to help solve the case for poor Mr McClumsy!
In this math mystery pack you will receive:
- Teacher Instructions
- The Math Mystery Story: Case of The Misplaced Pot of Gold
- Possible Places List - that students will use as they work through each math clue worksheet.
- Clue 1 Worksheet: Complete the addition sentence (example: 5 + __?__ = 8)
- Clue 2 Worksheet: Addition Pattern Tables (students apply a given rule to numbers in a table, for example: add 100.)
- Clue 3 Worksheet: Perimeter measurement (available in both imperial and metric unit versions)
- Clue 4 Worksheet: Ordering fractions (with the same denominator)
- Clue 5 Worksheet: 3-Digit Subtraction (with regrouping included)
- A student case solved declaration sheet that includes a clue completion checklist and a teacher check off as solved/try again.
- Answer sheets for each clue plus a color coded guide to the elimination process of the possible places list.
- Printable awards to give to students who solve the case and find Leroy McClumsy’s pot of gold.
*US spelling used - please contact me on jjresourcecreations@gmail.com if you would like this resource adjusted for UK/AUS spelling variations.
Available for other grades with different skills/levels of difficulty. Please email me on jjresourcecreations@gmail.com for assistance.
Addition (GRADE 3 US Common Core Aligned) Math Mystery "Case of The Angry Adder!" Students must use their addition math skills to discover which item can be used to capture the Angry Adder!
There are 5 clues to crack to solve the mystery:
Clue 1: Horizontal Addition (Within 100)
Clue 2: Adding 3 Numbers (2-digit and 1-digit numbers within 100)
Clue 3: Addition Input/Output Tables (3-digit Numbers within 1,000)
Clue 4: Addition Algorithms (3-digit and 2-digit numbers within 1,000. No Regrouping.)
Clue 5: Addition Algorithms (3-digit and 2-digit numbers within 1,000. Regrouping required.)
Pack also includes a mystery declaration sheet, answer sheets, elimination guide and awards.
Great activity for addition review.
Mrs J
Christmas Math Activity: Christmas Math Mystery – Case of The Zombie Elves (GRADE 4) – Engage and motivate your students during math time with this fun Christmas activity!
Optional Video Hook available to use when introducing this activity. This can be viewed for free in the video tab below.
A great math detective is needed to quickly solve which cure will heal the zombie elves of the virus!
There are 5 clues to crack to solve the mystery:
Clue 1: Subtracting Fractions with LIKE Denominators (no simplifying required)
Clue 2: Addition (Horizontal)- 3-digit and 4-digit numbers (regrouping required)
Clue 3: Convert Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers
Clue 4: Dividing numbers ending in zeroes by 1-digit numbers (no remainders)
Clue 5: Multiplying numbers ending in zeroes by 1-digit numbers
Pack also includes a suspect declaration sheet, answer sheets, elimination guide and awards.
Great Christmas math activity.
This rounding math mystery will engage and motivate your students! Students will be practicing rounding multi-digit whole numbers to the nearest ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand and million to solve the Case of the Robot Robbery.
Optional Video Hook available to use when introducing this activity. If you click on the preview, you can view it for free.
There are 5 clues to crack to solve which robot is guilty:
Clue 1: Rounding to the nearest ten and hundred
Clue 2: Rounding to the nearest thousand and ten thousand
Clue 3: Rounding with larger numbers (mix between ten to million)
Clue 4: Rounding to the nearest hundred thousand & million
Clue 5: MORE Rounding!
Pack also includes a mystery declaration sheet, answer sheets, elimination guide and awards.