12 Days of Holiday Math Puzzles—Printable K-8 Worksheets

Math teachers and parents are put to the test during the holiday season—a time when kids are anxious, easily distracted, and often struggling to stay on task.

Rather than work against your students’ anticipation and excitement, you can channel their enthusiasm for the holidays into meaningful math learning experiences by including some fun holiday-themed activities into your upcoming lesson plans.

Whether you plan on celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or the winter season as a whole at home or in your classroom, you can share any of our holiday-themed math puzzles with your students this holiday season.

Each puzzle challenges students to use their math skills to find the values different holiday-themed symbols and icons. The puzzles can be downloaded as printable pdf worksheets that are easy to share and are suitable for students in grades 3-8.

All of the puzzles below are samples from our Free Christmas Math Worksheets for Grades K-8 Library.

Enjoy!

Are your students ready for 12 days of holiday math puzzles?

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Download Instructions: You can download any of the challenges by right-clicking the image and saving it to your computer or by dragging-and-dropping each image to your desktop.

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Day One of Twelve ☃️

▶ Math Skill: Elementary Operations

▶ Suggested Grade Levels: 3-6

▶ PDF Worksheet: Click here to download

▶ Answer Key: Access all of our holiday-themed math puzzles and answer keys on our membership website.

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Day Two of Twelve 🦌

▶ Math Skill: Elementary Operations

▶ Suggested Grade Levels: 3-6

▶ PDF Worksheet: Click here to download

▶ Answer Key: Access all of our holiday-themed math puzzles and answer keys on our membership website.

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Day Three of Twelve 🌲

▶ Math Skill: Elementary Operations

▶ Suggested Grade Levels: 3-6

▶ PDF Worksheet: Click here to download

▶ Answer Key: Access all of our holiday-themed math puzzles and answer keys on our membership website.

▶ Get More Christmas Math Worksheets: Visit our free library of printable holiday-themed math worksheets for grades K-8.

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Day Four of Twelve 🍪

▶ Math Skill: Intermediate Order of Operations

▶ Suggested Grade Levels: 4-8

▶ PDF Worksheet: Click here to download

▶ Answer Key: Access all of our holiday-themed math puzzles and answer keys on our membership website.

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Day Five of Twelve 🥞

▶ Math Skill: Intermediate Order of Operations

▶ Suggested Grade Levels: 4-8

▶ PDF Worksheet: Click here to download

▶ Answer Key: Access all of our holiday-themed math puzzles and answer keys on our membership website.

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Day Six of Twelve 🏂

▶ Math Skill: Intermediate Order of Operations

▶ Suggested Grade Levels: 4-8

▶ PDF Worksheet: Click here to download

▶ Answer Key: Access all of our holiday-themed math puzzles and answer keys on our membership website.

▶ Get More Christmas Math Worksheets: Visit our free library of printable holiday-themed math worksheets for grades K-8.

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Day Seven of Twelve ❄️

▶ Math Skill: Intermediate Order of Operations

▶ Suggested Grade Levels: 4-8

▶ PDF Worksheet: Click here to download

▶ Answer Key: Access all of our holiday-themed math puzzles and answer keys on our membership website.

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Day Eight of Twelve 🧤

▶ Math Skill: Intermediate Order of Operations

▶ Suggested Grade Levels: 4-8

▶ PDF Worksheet: Click here to download

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Day Nine of Twelve ☕

▶ Math Skill: Multi-Step Problem Solving

▶ Suggested Grade Levels: 4-8

▶ PDF Worksheet: Click here to download

▶ Answer Key: Access all of our holiday-themed math puzzles and answer keys on our membership website.

▶ Get More Christmas Math Worksheets: Visit our free library of printable holiday-themed math worksheets for grades K-8.

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Day Ten of Twelve 🐧

▶ Math Skill: Multi-Step Problem Solving

▶ Suggested Grade Levels: 4-8

▶ PDF Worksheet: Click here to download

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Day Eleven of Twelve 🦊

▶ Math Skill: Intermediate Multiplication

▶ Suggested Grade Levels: 4-8

▶ PDF Worksheet: Click here to download

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Day Twelve of Twelve ⛄

▶ Math Skill: Advanced Multiplication

▶ Suggested Grade Levels: 5-8

▶ PDF Worksheet: Click here to download

▶ Answer Key: Access all of our holiday-themed math puzzles and answer keys on our membership website.

▶ Get More Christmas Math Worksheets: Visit our free library of printable holiday-themed math worksheets for grades K-8.

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Halloween Math: 13 Days of Spooky Math Challenges for Grades 1-8

Halloween Math Activities for Grades 1-8

Add these super fun (and extra spooky) math puzzles to your collection of Halloween Math Activities for elementary and middel school students. Enjoy!

Are you prepared to keep your students focused on learning math during the excitement of the Halloween season?

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Sometimes it takes more than an extra shot of espresso in your pumpkin spice latte to get the job done and savvy math teachers know how to channel their student's excitement into holiday-themed activities.

And since preparing activities can be time-consuming (and you're already so busy this school year as it is), my gift to you this Halloween season is 13 Days of Spooky Math Challenges! 

The following printable Halloween Math Worksheets allow you to inject a little bit of spooky mathematics into your lessons this month.

Each puzzle is a sample from our best-selling workbook 101 Daily Math Challenges for Engaging Students in Grades 3-8, which is available as a PDF download and as a hard copy on Amazon.

Each Halloween Math Worksheet shares a challenge question (answers are included) appropriate for all elementary and middle school grade levels - they are perfect for warm-ups, exit tickets, and homework and extra credit assignments.

Parents can also share these fun challenge questions with your kids to keep them engaged and thinking mathematically this fall.

Now let's get problem-solving!

Download Instructions: You can download any of the challenges by right-clicking the image and saving it to your computer or by dragging-and-dropping each image to your desktop.

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1.) Day 1 of 13

(Hint: Notice that it takes two black cats to make one pumpkin!)

Black Cat = 6

Cauldron = 14

Pumpkin = 12

? = 8

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2.) Day 2 of 13

(Hint: Start with the bucket!)

Candy = 9

Zombie = 1

Bucket = 7

Cat = 5

? = 35

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3.) Day 3 of 13

(Hint: Notice that the pumpkin and the witch's hat have the same value!)

Ghost = 8

Bat = 1

Pumpkin = 4

Witch's Hat = 4

? = 31

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4.) Day 4 of 13

(Hint: Start with the haunted house and don't forget order of operations)

Spider Web = 10

Witch = 5

Moon = 7

Haunted House = 8

? = 30

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5.) Day 5 of 13

(Hint: Start with the ghost first!)

Ghost = 13

Scarecrow = 4

Tree = 7

? = 16

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6.) Day 6 of 13

(Hint: I know it's scary, but start with the zombie hand!)

Werewolf = 5

Witch's Hat = 2

Zombie Hand = 8

Owl = 6

? = 21

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7.) Day 7 of 13

(Hint: To find the haunted house, think about what value that when subtracted from 12 equals that same value!)

Ghost = 25

Broom = 15

Haunted House = 6

? = 16

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8.) Day 8 of 13

(Hint: All candy bags are created equal!)

Candy Bag = 9

Bats = 10

Boo! = 9

Witch = 1

? = 20

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9.) Day 9 of 13

(Hint: Each value comes from doing something to the previous value)

Case #1: ? = 35 (each value increases by one more than its difference with the previous value: +4, +5, +6, ...) 

Case #2: ? = 95 (each value increases by twice its difference with the previous value: +6, +12, +24, ...)

Case #3: ? = 121 (each value increases by the square of the difference with the previous value: +3,+9,+27,...)

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10.) 10 of 13

(Hint: The growth pattern is exponential!)

1,3,6,10,...

Notice that the first value increases by 2, the second value increases by 3, the third value increases by 4, etc.

Case 5: 15 Zombies

Case 8: 36 Zombies

What about case 100?

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11.) Day 11 of 13

(Hint: Remember the multiplicative identity!)

Vampire Lips: 0

Moon = 1

Pumpkin = 2

Frankenstein: 0

Black Cat = 4

Zombie Hand = 5

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12.) Day 12 of 13

(Hint: You need to visualize this situation by drawing a diagram and/or using manipulatives and colored pencils or markers!)

Case 4: 25 Faces

Case 5: 36 Faces

Case n: (n+1)^2

*This question was inspired by Jo Boaler's TED Talk: How You Can Be Good at Math and Other Surprising Facts About Learning.

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13.) Day 13 of 13

(Hint: Think about what kinds of values have a product ending in 5.)

25 x 13 = 325

Bat = 20

Pumpkin = 5

Witch = 10

Leaf = 50

Ghost = 60

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10 Free Christmas Math Activities for Your Kids

Are you hoping to find some super fun and engaging Christmas Math Activities and Christmas Math Worksheets for your elementary school kids this year?

Well Christmas has come early, because you can now access 10 Free Christmas Maths Activities and Christmas Math Worksheets for Elementary School Kids that are not only highly engaging, but easy to print and share as well.

All of the free Christmas math activities on this page are samples from our free Christmas Math Worksheets Library.

These Christmas Maths Activities come in the form of cute math puzzles that require students to use their math skills to find the value of various Christmas Holiday icons and symbols.

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The activities are appropriate for grades 1-5 (level 1-5) and make for great warm-up, cool-down, and/or homework assignments.

The following printable holiday math worksheets allow you to inject a little bit of merry mathematics into each daily lesson from now until Christmas break!

Parents can also share these fun Christmas Math Activities with your kids to keep them engaged and thinking mathematically while on break from school.

Download Instructions: You can download any of the challenges by right-clicking the image and saving it to your computer or by dragging-and-dropping each image to your desktop.

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1.) Christmas Math Activities #1

Wreath = 3

Snow Globe = 2

Gifts = 2

? = 5

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2.) Christmas Maths Activities #2

Candy Cane = 1

Hot Cocoa = 4

Present = 2

? = 3

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3.) Christmas Math Activities #3

Snowman = 3

Tree = 7

Cabin = 4

? = 7

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4.) Christmas Maths Activities #4

Snowman = 5

Present = 6

Ornament = 3

? = 2

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5.) Christmas Math Activities #5

Reindeer = 2

Snow Globe = 3

Stockings = 4

? = 1

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6.) Christmas Maths Activities #6

Ornament = 2

Chimney = 7

Snow Globe = 4

? = 8

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7.) Christmas Math Activities #7

Holly = 10

Ornaments = 9

Hot Cocoa = 6

? = 16

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8.) Christmas Math Activities #8

Tree = 5

Gift = 7

Ornaments = 13

? = 25

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9.) Christmas Math Activities #9

Santa = 6

Hot Cocoa = 20

Candy Cane = 3

? = 29

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10.) Christmas Maths Activities #10

Tree = 10

Cookie = 8

Snowman = 5

? = 23

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12 Thanksgiving Math Activities for Grades 1-8

Thanksgiving Math Activities for Grades 1-8

Thanksgiving is here and it’s time to share some fun Thanksgiving-themed math activities and puzzles with your students in grades 1-8 (elementary and middle school). This collection of Thanksgiving Math Activities includes order of operations puzzles, area models and multiplication tables, and ‘which one doesn’t belong?’ Enjoy!

The days leading up to Thanksgiving vacation are an exciting (and extremely distracting) time for you and your students.

But you can keep your students on track by sharing some fun Thanksgiving-themed math activities, puzzles, and challenges that channels their holiday excitement and enthusiasm into math learning experiences.

The following easy-to-print Thanksgiving Math Worksheets will add some holiday fun to your lesson plans this month. The activities can be shared with students in grades one through eight.

The activities are samples from our best-selling workbooks 101 Daily Math Challenges for Engaging Students in Grades 3-8 and 101 Daily ‘Which One Doesn’t Belong?’ Math Activities for Grades 1-8 .

The following Thanksgiving Math Activities can be used for anticipatory sets and warm-ups, exit tickets, transitions, and homework or extra credit assignments.

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1.) Thanksgiving Math Activity 1 of 12

Leaves = 18

Turkey = 9

Pumpkin = 12

? = 3

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2.) Thanksgiving Math Activity 2 of 12

Fire = 13

Apple Cider = 7

Acorn = 14

Honey = 15

? = 49

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3.) Thanksgiving Math Activity 3 of 12

Turkey = 8

Calendar = 8

Candle = 5

Cake = 9

? = 67

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4.) Thanksgiving Math Activity 4 of 12

Chipmunk = 13

Hot Cider = 8

Pumpkin Pie = 24

Football = 20

? = 65

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5.) Thanksgiving Math Activity 5 of 12

Pumpkin = 12

Berries = 5

Turkey = 6

Pie = 30

? = 192

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6.) Thanksgiving Math Activity 6 of 12

Pie = 10

Turkey = 14

Corn = 9

Pilgrim = 12

? = 92

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7.) Thanksgiving Math Activity 7 of 12

Cooking Pot = 6

Cupcakes = 18

Cranberry Sauce = 9

Cauliflower = 10

? = 126

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8.) Thanksgiving Math Activity 8 of 12

Apple = 6

Cider = 6

Cinnamon = 5

Kettle = 1

? = 180

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9.) Thanksgiving Math Activity 9 of 12

Multiplication Table

Pilgrim Hat = 8

Food Basket = 4

Mashed Potatoes = 1

Corn = 5

Pumpkin = 15

Turkey = 6

Pie = 3

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10.) Thanksgiving Math Activity 10 of 12

Area Model

1,3,6,10,...

Sunflower = 20

Turkey = 10

Acorn = 6

Turkey Leg = 40

Leaves = 120

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11.) Thanksgiving Math Activity 11 of 12

Solution:

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12.) Thanksgiving Math Activity 12 of 12

Which One Doesn’t Belong?

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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.