Description
Here's a Thanksgiving/November riddle you can do two ways with your students...
Students solve questions related to GCF, LCM, Prime Factorization, Area of parallelogram, Area of Triangle, Fractions (add, subtract, divide) and earn a clue for each one to solve a riddle. (What do you call a running turkey?)
Option A:
On Desmos, it's a breakout style activity. On the last screen, students fill in the clues to solve the riddle. The link is provided on the Google Drive File after purchase. To use the digital version, a teacher account with Desmos is needed. [If you're not using teacher.desmos.com yet, check it out! It is the best thing out there for middle school math!
Or Option B:
Just print off the paper version and let the problem solving begin!
Highlights
Description
Here's a Thanksgiving/November riddle you can do two ways with your students...
Students solve questions related to GCF, LCM, Prime Factorization, Area of parallelogram, Area of Triangle, Fractions (add, subtract, divide) and earn a clue for each one to solve a riddle. (What do you call a running turkey?)
Option A:
On Desmos, it's a breakout style activity. On the last screen, students fill in the clues to solve the riddle. The link is provided on the Google Drive File after purchase. To use the digital version, a teacher account with Desmos is needed. [If you're not using teacher.desmos.com yet, check it out! It is the best thing out there for middle school math!
Or Option B:
Just print off the paper version and let the problem solving begin!
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