🦃 Thanksgiving Decimal Operations Scavenger Hunt | Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying & Dividing Decimals

Make reviewing decimal operations fun, festive, and completely print-and-go with this Thanksgiving-themed Decimal Scavenger Hunt! Designed for upper elementary and middle school math classrooms, this engaging activity reinforces adding decimals, subtracting decimals, multiplying decimals, and dividing decimals through real-world Thanksgiving word problems your students will love.

Perfect for centers, independent practice, small-group work, or a whole-class movement-based review lesson!

✨ What’s Included

This Thanksgiving Decimal Scavenger Hunt includes:

✔ 12 Thanksgiving-themed decimal word problem cards
— Students will solve problems involving menu items, grocery prices, recipes, and holiday preparations.
— Problems require adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing decimals.

✔ Loop-style scavenger hunt format
— Students solve the problem on each card, then hunt around the room to find the card with the matching answer at the top.
— Every student visits all cards and ends where they began—no dead ends, no repeats!

✔ Student Recording Sheet
— Helps students stay organized while working through the cards.

✔ Complete Answer Key
— Makes checking student work quick and easy.

✔ Easy-print directions (as shown in the PDF)
— Includes recommended Google Slides print settings (custom pages 3–14, 2–6 slides per page).

🧡 Why Teachers Love This Activity

This scavenger hunt gets students up, moving, reading carefully, and thinking about decimal operations—not just calculating. Word problems include clear contextual clues, encouraging students to:

⭐ Identify keywords and determine the correct operation
⭐ Apply decimal computation skills in real-life situations
⭐ Check their work using self-correcting answers
⭐ Stay engaged through a fun Thanksgiving theme

Perfect for a pre-holiday review, substitute plans, intervention groups, or reinforcing decimal fluency!

📝 Skills Covered

This resource reviews:

• Adding decimals
  
• Subtracting decimals
  
• Multiplying decimals
  
• Dividing decimals
  
• Interpreting word problems
  
• Real-world math applications
  
• Thanksgiving math activities
  
• 5th grade math review
  
• 6th grade decimal operations
  

🎉 Classroom Prep Is Simple

1. Print the scavenger hunt cards (2, 4, or 6 per page).
   
2. Cut and place them randomly around the room.
   
3. Give students the recording sheet.
   
4. Let the hunt begin!
   

Your students will enjoy a festive mix of math and movement while mastering an essential set of decimal skills.