If you're always searching for new and challenging activities for your second grade math centers, these math riddles for two-digit addition with three addends are just what you need!

This resource is also included in Three Addends Two Digit Numbers Riddle Activities Bundle. You'll get twice as many riddles plus components for digital use in the bundle!

Here's how math riddle task cards work!

Choosing from four numbers on each card, your students will use their addition skills to determine the secret number by eliminating three of the options. With each card they complete, your students will solve three addition number models with three addends – that’s 72 in all!

What does this resource include?

♦ 24 math riddle task cards

♦ Student recording page and answer key

♦ Themed 120 chart for support and differentiation

♦ An easy prep board game (no cards!) is also included. You'll love it for additional practice in a math center.

♦ Self-correcting Easel assessment

Here are some options for using these math center activities:

♦ Use in a math center for individual or partner work

♦ Use as a skills review rotation, like Scoot, individually or with partners, with

students moving to stations around the classroom to solve the riddles.

♦ Use for morning “bell ringers”.

♦ Use as enrichment to keep your fast finishers learning!

♦ Paraprofessionals and parent helpers love to use these cards, since they can use as few or as many as time allows, still giving students a sense of completion.

♦ Use for whole class review with your document camera.

Here's what teachers like you have said about these task card activities!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Erin said, "This provided a great challenge for my 2nd graders. It was tough for some to do independently, but it was easy enough to adjust it for partner/group work for students who needed a bit more support."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Cactus Classroom Creations said, "My students loved this activity and were begging to keep playing."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Teresa said, "My students love these! What a great way to engage students in problem solving!"

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