Description
Bring Thanksgiving fun into your math classroom with this Percent Scavenger Hunt!
This festive, no-prep Thanksgiving-themed activity helps students practice finding the percent, finding the whole, and finding the part using real-world holiday situations. Each problem encourages the use of the “is/of = %/100” proportional strategy to build confidence and accuracy when solving percent problems.
Perfect for 5th, 6th, and 7th grade math review, intervention groups, centers, or an active Thanksgiving classroom activity!
How the Scavenger Hunt Works
Just print the cards, scatter them around your room, and let the learning begin! Each card includes a Thanksgiving-themed percent problem—such as pumpkin pie servings, canned food drive totals, parade lengths, leftover turkey amounts, and more, directly matching the problems in the included PDF.
Students solve the question on their card and then look around the room for the card that shows their numerical answer at the top. That card becomes their next stop, creating a continuous loop that is self-checking and keeps students engaged from start to finish.
What’s Included
✔ 12 Thanksgiving-Themed Percent Task Cards featuring calculations such as:
- Finding percent (e.g., How many of the 48 pies were pecan pies?)
- Finding the whole (e.g., 54 minutes is 30% of the parade. How long is the full parade?)
- Finding the part (e.g., 40% of 90 cookies were eaten. How many is that?)
✔ Answer Key for quick grading
✔ Student Recording Sheet
✔ Clear teacher directions for printing and setup
✔ Cards work in a complete loop for self-checking success
Skills Covered
- Percent of a number
- Finding the whole using percent
- Finding the part using percent
- Using proportions to solve percent problems
- Applying the is/of = %/100 strategy
- Real-world percent reasoning
Why Teachers Love This Resource
⭐ Print-and-Go – no prep required
⭐ Engaging movement-based activity perfect for before break
⭐ Themed and relevant holiday word problems
⭐ Self-checking format reduces grading time
⭐ Supports stations, partner work, or independent review
Perfect For
- Thanksgiving math centers
- Percent review lessons
- Small-group intervention
- Early finishers
- Classroom scavenger hunts
- Middle school warm-ups or exit tickets
Highlights
Description
Bring Thanksgiving fun into your math classroom with this Percent Scavenger Hunt!
This festive, no-prep Thanksgiving-themed activity helps students practice finding the percent, finding the whole, and finding the part using real-world holiday situations. Each problem encourages the use of the “is/of = %/100” proportional strategy to build confidence and accuracy when solving percent problems.
Perfect for 5th, 6th, and 7th grade math review, intervention groups, centers, or an active Thanksgiving classroom activity!
How the Scavenger Hunt Works
Just print the cards, scatter them around your room, and let the learning begin! Each card includes a Thanksgiving-themed percent problem—such as pumpkin pie servings, canned food drive totals, parade lengths, leftover turkey amounts, and more, directly matching the problems in the included PDF.
Students solve the question on their card and then look around the room for the card that shows their numerical answer at the top. That card becomes their next stop, creating a continuous loop that is self-checking and keeps students engaged from start to finish.
What’s Included
✔ 12 Thanksgiving-Themed Percent Task Cards featuring calculations such as:
- Finding percent (e.g., How many of the 48 pies were pecan pies?)
- Finding the whole (e.g., 54 minutes is 30% of the parade. How long is the full parade?)
- Finding the part (e.g., 40% of 90 cookies were eaten. How many is that?)
✔ Answer Key for quick grading
✔ Student Recording Sheet
✔ Clear teacher directions for printing and setup
✔ Cards work in a complete loop for self-checking success
Skills Covered
- Percent of a number
- Finding the whole using percent
- Finding the part using percent
- Using proportions to solve percent problems
- Applying the is/of = %/100 strategy
- Real-world percent reasoning
Why Teachers Love This Resource
⭐ Print-and-Go – no prep required
⭐ Engaging movement-based activity perfect for before break
⭐ Themed and relevant holiday word problems
⭐ Self-checking format reduces grading time
⭐ Supports stations, partner work, or independent review
Perfect For
- Thanksgiving math centers
- Percent review lessons
- Small-group intervention
- Early finishers
- Classroom scavenger hunts
- Middle school warm-ups or exit tickets
