Are you ready to celebrate Independence Day with your math students this fourth of July?
In the United States, the 4th of July commemorates the date that the U.S. declared its independence from Great Britain in 1776. This national holiday is celebrated with grilling outdoors, pool parties, music, parades, and lots of fireworks.
And you can add working on fun math puzzles to the festivities this 4th of July, by sharing today’s free July 4th Math Worksheets and Activities for Grades K-8 in your upcoming lesson plans. Today’s activities are super fun, 100% free, easy-to-print, and can be shared with children of all grade levels at home, in the classroom, or both!
These kinds of holiday-themed math puzzles and activities give your kids a chance to apply their math and reasoning skills in an enjoyable context that incorporates critical thinking, number sense, and even algebra skills!
So, if you are ready to channel your kid’s excitement for Independence Day this year into an enjoyable math learning opportunity, then be sure to take advantage of these free 4th of July Math Activities for Kids!
Each worksheet can be used as a warm-up/anticipatory set or cool-down activity as well as a key component to any math lesson for grades K-8. Full answer keys for each activity are included.
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How to Download: You can download any of the puzzles by right-clicking on the image and saving it to your computer or by dragging-and-dropping it to your desktop.
1.) Find the value of the '?' (for Grades K-2)
Use your math skills to find the value of each icon.
Fireworks=8
Popsicle=10
Balloons=5
?=13
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2.) Find the value of the '?' (for Grades 3-5)
Use your math skills to find the value of each icon.
Fireworks=12
Popsicle=4
Balloons=5
BBQ=3
?=24
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3.) Find the value of the '?' (for Grades 6-8)
Use your math skills to find the value of each icon.
Fireworks=100
Popsicle=5
Balloons=61
BBQ=34
?=68
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By Anthony Persico
Anthony is the content crafter and head educator for YouTube's MashUp Math and an advisor to Amazon Education's 'With Math I Can' Campaign. You can often find me happily developing animated math lessons to share on my YouTube channel . Or spending way too much time at the gym or playing on my phone.