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These winter Olympics math task cards are perfect for thematic teaching during the winter Olympics or during any winter sports unit. The content is not specific to any Olympic games and is versatile in its usage. Students can practice third grade math skills with novel winter Olympic themed questions. A wide variety of math skills is included within this math task card set. For this reason, these task cards would serve as a great spiral review classroom math resource. A teacher resourc

These math challenge problems are perfect for high school students!  Students need to use the digits 2, 0, 2, and 6 to solve for the numbers 1-100.  There are many ways to solve each problem, but students will need to be creative and use more than just the 4 basic operations.  The answer keys are included.   Disclaimer:  These problems are meant to be a challenge for students.  The solutions might require knowledge of operations that might not be a part of the standard math curriculum.  (The ans

What if counting change clicked for your students the same way counting to 100 does? This resource bridges the gap between a skill they already have and one they're still learning — using a hundreds chart to make making change visual, logical, and memorable. Perfect for 2nd-4th grade students who need a concrete tool before they can work abstractly with money. I used this approach with my daughter to help her learn how to count change so she could help with our family business. She caught on to

These math challenge problems are perfect for high school students!  Students need to use the digits 2, 0, 2, and 7 to solve for the numbers 1-100.  There are many ways to solve each problem, but students will need to be creative and use more than just the 4 basic operations.  The answer keys are included.   Disclaimer:  These problems are meant to be a challenge for students.  The solutions might require knowledge of operations that might not be a part of the standard math curriculum.  (The ans

These task cards provide students with practice solving composite area problems involving rectangles. Students can solve word problems, answer task analysis questions, and use area model organizers to solve composite area problems. Questions in the format of multiple choice and open ended problems will allow students a variety of area practice tasks. A teacher resource list is provided for usage of task cards. A student recording sheet is provided.  Answer keys are also provided. ⭐ Wh

These Area and Perimeter Task Cards are perfect for extra practice, cooperative learning, or even direct instruction in your classroom! Students can practice finding the area and perimeter of rectangles, finding missing side lengths, relating their understanding of area and perimeter to solve problems, and more! Students can solve each task card, record their answers on a recording page, and check their work using the answer keys provided.  ⭐ What’s Included⭐ Teacher Resource: List of

This Halloween Multiplication Area Model worksheets can provide your students with a fun fall themed way to practice a multiplication strategy. Students will gain a better understanding of how to complete an area model to solve a multiplication problem consisting of 1 x 2 digits, 1 x 3 digits, or 1 x 4 digits. It also provides practice solving multiplication problems having 2 x 2 digits and 2 x 3 digits. A variety of practice problem formats allow teachers to customize the practice perfect

These Fraction Action cut and glue pages provide students with interactive and engaging practice with fraction concepts. Students can practice finding equivalent fractions, creating fraction comparison statements, determining statements that are true or false, and ordering fractions from least to greatest. Students can use their understanding of the benchmark of 1/2 to help with several of the fraction practice pages. Answer keys are provided. ⭐ What’s Included⭐ Equivalent Fraction Cut

Are you looking for addition and subtraction activities that go beyond the basic computation problems? With these addition and subtraction task cards your students can learn to think about math concepts on a deeper level through error analysis. These task cards can be used by individual students, cooperative learning partners, or as whole group instructional resources. Answer keys are provided. ⭐ What’s Included⭐ Teacher Resource: List of Possible Instructional Uses for Task Cards20 Additio

These Multi-Step Word Problem Task Cards provide students with extra practice in solving word problems. Your students can use these task cards for independent practice or cooperative learning activities to build a deeper understanding of how to solve multiple step word problems using equations with variables. These resources are perfect for whole group instruction, as well. Whether you are introducing word problems to your class or revisiting them in a spiraled review throughout the ye

Multiplication Task Cards provide students with extra practice solving multiplication word problems, practice writing word problems to match given data, practice writing multiplication/division fact family equations, and practice explaining the relationships between two multiplication equations. Students can also gain practice writing and connecting repeated addition equations with multiplication equations using arrays and equal groups. Individual task cards are perfect for early fi

If you’re looking for extra practice using the area model, then here are some worksheets that would work well in your classroom! These Thanksgiving themed multiplication math worksheets will provide your students with extra multiplication practice. There are a variety of difficulty levels included to allow for differentiation based on students’ needs. Error analysis and explanation worksheets allow students to think deeper about their understanding of multiplication, thus increasing the r

Multiplication Task Cards provide students with extra practice solving multiplication word problems, practice writing word problems to match given data, practice writing multiplication/division fact family equations, and practice explaining the relationships between two multiplication equations. Individual task cards are perfect for early finishers, math stations, cooperative learning, and more. Whole group teaching task card versions work perfectly if you choose to use these problems

These division area model worksheets provide students with a representational approach to finding a quotient for given division problems. Students will gain practice solving 2 digit, 3 digit, and 4 digit numbers each divided by a single-digit divisor. Example problems with labelled steps are provided as reference materials. Division problems with remainders and division problems without remainders are included. Answer keys are provided. ⭐ What’s Included⭐ Division Area Models Direction

Learning subtraction facts is much easier when teaching them using fact strategies. Help your students learn basic subtraction facts with these math fact strategy worksheets and math fact activities. A strategy explanation page for teachers and parents is provided, along with a variety of practice worksheets for each subtraction fact strategy.  ⭐ What’s Included⭐ Subtraction Fact Strategy ExplanationsMinus 0Minus 10 as an Answer1 as an AnswerMinus DoublesCounting Back (Counting Down)Coun

The Gumball Number Patterns games are great opportunities for students to practice adding and subtracting using place value understanding to add and subtract +1, +10, +100, -1, -10, and -100. The math worksheets are great practice opportunities for students to use during math lessons, in small group settings, as homework, or as morning bellwork worksheets. Answer keys are provided. ⭐ What’s Included⭐ 4 Regulated Game Boards (Partner Math Games) - The teacher chooses the start number and st

Making sure that students understand the relationship between numbers is critical to their success in math. With these fact family and number bond practice worksheets and activities, students will get more practice with this fundamental math understanding. Through these scaffolded levels of fact family and number bond practice opportunities, students will be able to easily identify which numbers share a common bond, or relationship. Answer keys are included. ⭐ What’s Included⭐ When given 3 n

This Place Value Addition and Subtraction unit is perfect practice for your 3rd grade students learning about place value! Through scaffolded teacher direction pages to student worksheets that increase in difficulty levels, these fun math worksheets check off many teachers’ boxes for place value instruction. The friendly base 10 friends on these worksheets provide a fun and engaging way for students to practice these basic math concepts. Answer keys are provided. ⭐ What’s Included⭐ Base Te

Do your students need more practice solving word problems? With the Problem Solving at the Fair word problem worksheets your students can get just that! There are 2 pages featuring addition and subtraction word problems, 2 pages of multiplication and division word problems, 2 pages with word problems involving multiples of 10, 2 pages of multiplicative comparison scenarios, 2 pages containing elapsed time problems, and 3 pages having multi-step word problems in which students can write

Halloween is the perfect time for students to practice their knowledge and understanding of  decimals. These decimal practice worksheets will allow students to show their understanding of what decimals to the tenths and hundredths mean by completing representational models. Students can practice decimal number forms by matching decimals to the correct word form and expanded notation form. They can also apply their understanding of the relationship between fractions and decimals to the t