If you're always looking for new and fun ways for your to practice adding three-digit numbers within 1,000, you and your class will love this challenging set of 24 riddle task card activities! Teachers love resources that keep their students THINKING, and that's exactly what this resource does!

Choosing from four numbers on each card, your students will solve addition equations to determine the secret number, eliminating three of the options. They'll have a great time and won’t even realize that they’ve completed 72 problems when all of the cards are done!

Here's what this addition within 1000 set includes.

☛ 24 color riddle cards, printing at four per page

☛ The same 24 printable cards in b/w

☛ A student response page

☛ Answer key

☛ Easy prep one page board game, provided in both color and b/w

Here are some ways that you might use these addition activities as a supplement to your math curriculum.

☛ Use as challenge work to extend your curriculum

☛ Use for early finishers

☛ Use in a math center for individual or partner work

☛ Use with your document camera for whole class review or to focus attention at the beginning of a math lesson

☛ Use as a skills review rotation (aka "Scoot"), individually or with partners, with students moving to stations around the classroom to solve the clues

☛ Use for morning “bell ringers”

☛ Use as an activity with classroom volunteers – they can complete as few or as many as time allows!

Download the preview to try four cards FREE!

Here's what teachers like you have said about these riddle cards:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Morna said, "My students love riddle task cards - it makes math practice more fun. Thank you for this resource."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Teresa said, "These riddle cards really keep the students engaged. They love to see who can solve the riddle first and fastest. Thank you!"

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