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Free Twosday Math Activities for Grades K-8

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Free Twosday Math Activities for Grades K-8

 
 

Free Twosday 2022 Math Worksheets for Grades K-8

It’s not every day that you find a once-in-a-lifetime event on your calendar. Now that 2022 has arrived, you can circle the twenty-second day of February on your calendar and label it as Twosday. Why? Because the twenty-second day of February, 2-22-22, is the twenty-second day of the second month of the two-thousandth and twenty-second year. And if that is not already enough twos for you, this special date actually falls on a Tuesday—or Twosday, which is hands-down the most numerically significant day of the calendar year.

 Just to recap, here is why February 22nd, 2022 is such an insanely significant date (and one that will not happen again for another one thousand years!):

  •  February is the 2nd month of the calendar year

  • February 22nd is the 22nd day of the second month

  • The year is 2022

  • The day of the week is a Tuesday

 Are you ready to celebrate Twosday 2022? If you’re looking for fun Twosday activities to share with your students either in your classroom or at home, then you’ll love our brand new math activities made specifically for this Twosday. Go ahead and include the following Twosday Math Activity Worksheets for Grades K-8 into your lesson plan for the first week of February, specifically February 22nd, 2022.

 Our free Twosday activities are fun, engaging, and easy to print and share in person or display on any size monitor or screen. They are tiered by difficulty and grade level and are best used for challenging students in grades K-8.

Holiday-themed math activities, worksheets, and puzzles are some of the best ways to challenge your students and give them meaningful learning opportunities to practice and develop their math and reasoning skills and number sense in a more engaging way (especially compared to simply having your students work on repetitive practice worksheets).

 Today’s activities even help young students to develop algebraic thinking skills years before they ever start taking any algebra or advanced math courses. And every activity includes a complete answer key.

 We recommend using these activities at the beginning of a lesson as a warm-up exercise or anticipatory set or at the end of a lesson as a cool-down activity or exit ticket. Of course, they can also be used at any other point during a lesson to supplement your instruction.

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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)

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Use your math skills to find the value of each icon.

Peace Sign=1

Twins=11

Ice Cream Cone=10

?=20

Do you want more FREE holiday-themed K-8 math activities and worksheets in your inbox every week? Click here to sign-up for our mailing list and get a free pdf workbook!


2.) Find the value of the '?' (for Grades 3-5)

PDF Worksheet Download

Use your math skills to find the value of each icon.

Peace Sign=4

Twins=8
Ice Cream Cone=9

Calendar=14
?=22

Do you want more FREE holiday-themed K-8 math activities and worksheets in your inbox every week? Click here to sign-up for our mailing list and get a free pdf workbook!


3.) Find the value of the '?' (for Grades 6-8)

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Use your math skills to find the value of each icon.

Peace Sign=50

Twins=16
Ice Cream Cone=74

Calendar=84

?=202

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4.) Find the value of each symbol in the multiplication table.

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Use your math skills to find the value of each icon.

Ice Cream Cone=4

Peace Sign=8

Double Cheese Burger = 44

Girl Twins=16

Boy Twins = 484

Gemini=176

Calendar=88

Do you want more FREE holiday-themed K-8 math activities and worksheets in your inbox every week? Click here to sign-up for our mailing list and get a free pdf workbook!


5.) Find the value of each symbol in the area model.

PDF Worksheet Download

Use your math skills to find the value of each icon.

Peace Sign=1

Ice Cream Cone=20

Double Cheeseburger=2,000

Twins=200

Do you want more FREE holiday-themed K-8 math activities and worksheets in your inbox every week? Click here to sign-up for our mailing list and get a free pdf workbook!


6.) Think-Notice-Wonder (TNW) Writing Prompt

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Use your math skills to find the value of each icon.

Are you new to TNW math writing activities?

Click here to learn more and access free sample activities.


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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.

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Free Canada Day Math Puzzles for Grades K-8

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Free Canada Day Math Puzzles for Grades K-8

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Are you ready to celebrate Canada Day with your math students this July 1st?

In Canada, July 1st commemorates the official day of Canada and the anniversary of the Canadian Confederation in 1867. This national holiday is celebrated with get together with family and friends, parties, music, parades, and fireworks.

And you can add working on fun math puzzles to the festivities this Canada Day, by sharing today’s free Canada Day 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 Canada Day this year into an enjoyable math learning opportunity, then be sure to take advantage of these free Canada Day 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.

Tags: Canada Day, math puzzles, math riddles, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, Homeschool, Homeschooling

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.

Flag=6

Mountains=10

Hockey Player=9

?=3

Do you want access to hundreds of grade-specific holiday math activities for every month of the year? Become a Mashup Math member and access all of our K-8 math activity libraries. Start your free 7-day trial.

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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.

Flag=4

Mountains=5

Hockey Player=3

Poutine=12
?=24

Do you want access to hundreds of grade-specific holiday math activities for every month of the year? Become a Mashup Math member and access all of our K-8 math activity libraries. Start your free 7-day trial.

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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.

Flag=70

Mountains=14

Hockey Player=5

Poutine=10
?=89

Do you want access to hundreds of grade-specific holiday math activities for every month of the year? Become a Mashup Math member and access all of our K-8 math activity libraries. Start your free 7-day trial.

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Are you looking for more daily math challenges and puzzles to share with your kids?

My best-selling workbook 101 Math Challenges for Engaging Your Students is now available as a PDF download. You can get yours today by clicking here.


How will you use these math puzzles with your kids? Share your thoughts and suggestions in the comments section below!

(Never miss a Mashup Math blog--click here to get our weekly newsletter!)

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.

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Free 4th of July Math Puzzles for Grades K-8

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Free 4th of July Math Puzzles for Grades K-8

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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.

Tags: 4th of July, July 4th, Independence Day, math puzzles, math worksheets, math riddles, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, Homeschool, Homeschooling

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

Do you want access to hundreds of grade-specific holiday math activities for every month of the year? Become a Mashup Math member and access all of our K-8 math activity libraries. Start your free 7-day trial.

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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

Do you want access to hundreds of grade-specific holiday math activities for every month of the year? Become a Mashup Math member and access all of our K-8 math activity libraries. Start your free 7-day trial.

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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

Do you want access to hundreds of grade-specific holiday math activities for every month of the year? Become a Mashup Math member and access all of our K-8 math activity libraries. Start your free 7-day trial.

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Are you looking for more daily math challenges and puzzles to share with your kids?

My best-selling workbook 101 Math Challenges for Engaging Your Students is now available as a PDF download. You can get yours today by clicking here.


How will you use these math puzzles with your kids? Share your thoughts and suggestions in the comments section below!

(Never miss a Mashup Math blog--click here to get our weekly newsletter!)

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.

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Free St. Patrick's Day Math Activities for Grades K-8

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Free St. Patrick's Day Math Activities for Grades K-8

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Are you looking for fun, free, and printable St. Patrick’s Day Math Worksheets and Activities to share with your students at home and in your classroom this March?

Sharing engaging holiday-themed math activities will give your students an opportunity to apply their math skills and develop their critical thinking while working through interesting puzzles and worksheets that capture their enthusiasm for significant dates such as St. Patrick’s Day.

If you want to channel your students’ enthusiasm for St. Patrick’s Day into meaningful learning experiences and watch their interest, engagement, and participation skyrocket, go ahead and share the following Free St. Patrick’s Day Math Worksheets and St. Patrick’s Day Math Activities in your upcoming lesson plans.

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.

Tags: St. Patrick’s Day, Math Activities, Math Puzzles, Math Worksheets, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, Homeschool, Homeschooling

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.

Shamrock=5

Hat=7

Flag=1

?=13

Do you want access to hundreds of grade-specific holiday math activities for every month of the year? Become a Mashup Math member and access all of our K-8 math activity libraries. Start your free 7-day trial.

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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.

Clover=9

Irish Flag=9

Hat=8

Accordion=9

?=17

Do you want access to hundreds of grade-specific holiday math activities for every month of the year? Become a Mashup Math member and access all of our K-8 math activity libraries. Start your free 7-day trial.

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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.

Clover=46

Irish Flag=46

Hat=27

Accordion=198

?=317

Do you want access to hundreds of grade-specific holiday math activities for every month of the year? Become a Mashup Math member and access all of our K-8 math activity libraries. Start your free 7-day trial.

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Bonus St. Patrick’s Day Math Activities

Here are 5 more bonus St. Patrick’s Day math activities for kids:

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1.) Multiplication tables work like a Bingo board, where the value of each box represents the product of its corresponding row and column.

Rainbow = 0

Green Hat = 1

Leprechaun = 2

Heart = 4

Pot of Gold = 0

Shamrock = 5

Looking for more free math challenges like this one to share with your kids? click here

 


2.) Multiplication Area Model

Area models help kids to think visually about multiplication, which is the approach that Mathematical Mindsets author Jo Boaler recommends most for improving math understanding.

Balloons = 10

Shoe = 6

Leprechaun = 60

Shamrock = 30

Looking for more free math challenges like this one to share with your kids? click here

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Are you looking for more daily math challenges and puzzles to share with your kids?

My best-selling workbook 101 Math Challenges for Engaging Your Students is now available as a PDF download. You can get yours today by clicking here.


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3.) Which One Doesn't Belong? (simple)

Which One Doesn’t Belong? (WODB) activities are meant to spark mathematical thinking and discussion and do not have a single correct answer.

Want to learn more about how to use WOBD? math activities with your kids? click here

Tip: Have your kids justify their thinking in writing!


Are you looking for more daily WODB? math graphics?

You can now share 101 daily WODB warm-up activities for grades 1-9 with your kids with our PDF workbook!


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4.) Bonus St. Patricks’s Day Puzzle

Use your knowledge of the order of operations to find the value of each symbol and the ‘?’ in the puzzle.

Top Hat = 3

Pot of Gold = 9

Teddy Bear = 5

Irish Flag = 4

? = 21

 


5.) Math Writing Prompt

Writing about math encourages creativity, exploration, and communicating one's thoughts and feelings, which leads to deep and meaningful understanding of difficult math concepts.

And Think/Notice/Wonder (TNW) writing activities are a great way to get your kids engaged in math writing every day.

Want to learn more about how to use TNW math activities with your kids? click here


Bonus! St. Patrick’s Day Math Riddle

In a far away land on the other side of the rainbow, there lives unicorns, centaurs, and leprechauns.

In total, there are 22 heads and 72 feet. If the number of unicorns is equal to the number of centaurs, how many unicorns, centaurs, and leprechauns live beyond the rainbow?

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Key: 7 unicorns , 7 centaurs , 8 leprechauns


How will you use these math puzzles with your kids? Share your thoughts and suggestions in the comments section below!

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By Anthony Persico

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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.

 
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Your Kids Will Love These Valentine's Day Math Puzzles

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Your Kids Will Love These Valentine's Day Math Puzzles

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Are you looking for some fun, free, and printable Valentine's Day Math Activities to share with your kids this month?

(We just launched a brand new collection of free Valentine’s Day Math Worksheets for grades K-8! Click here to get your free pdf downloads).

Holiday-themed math puzzles give your kids an opportunity to think critically and deeply about mathematics, develop problem-solving strategies, and work through challenging problems.

And when math problems can channel your students' excitement for Valentine's Day into meaningful learning experiences, engagement will skyrocket!

So, go ahead and try these challenges and puzzles with your kids this month. These free and printable Valentine's Day Math activities are perfect for warm-up and/or cool-down activities and are great for sparking mathematical discussions in your home or classroom. The puzzles are perfect for students in grades 1 through 8.

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.

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1.) Find the value of the '?'

Use your math skills to find the value of each icon.

Love = 4

Heart Box = 5

Teddy Bear = 9

Love Birds = 3

? = 7

Hint: 8 minus what value is that same value?

 


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2.) Multiplication tables work like a Bingo board, where the value of each box represents the product of its corresponding row and column.

Card = 1

Rose = 2

Heart = 3

Cupid = 6

Chocolates = 18

 

Looking for more free math challenges like these? click here


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3.) Which One Doesn't Belong? (simple)

Remember that WODB? activities are meant to spark mathematical thinking and discussion and do not have a single correct answer.

Want to learn more about how to use WOBD? math activities with your kids? click here


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4.) Multiplication Area Model

Using area model challenge questions is a great strategy for getting kids to think visually about multiplication, which is the approach that Mathematical Mindsets author Jo Boaler recommends most for improving math understanding.

Hint: The area model represents the product of 13 and 9.

Heart = 10

Love Potion = 5

Teddy Bear = 15

Cupid = 12


Are you looking for more Valentine’s Day Math Worksheets for students in grades K-8?

Check out our brand new Valentine’s Day Math Worksheet Library to download free holiday-themed pdf worksheets with answer keys.

Click here to get your free pdf worksheets


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5.) Bonus Geometry Puzzle

Can your kids use their knowledge of area, perimeter, and composite figures to solve this puzzle?

Hint: Two half-circles make one full circle.

Area: approximately 178.5 square cm

Perimeter: approximately 51.4 cm

Do you want to get free math puzzles like this in your inbox every week? Click here to sign up for our free mailing list (includes a free eBook!).

 

How will you use these math puzzles with your kids? Share your thoughts and suggestions in the comments section below!

(Never miss a Mashup Math blog--click here to get our weekly newsletter!)

By Anthony Persico

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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.

 
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