Ms. Fiorini's Stadium: Math Puzzles

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Math Puzzles

Over the summer I took some math classes on the new common core standards. One of the biggest things I took away from those classes was getting students to "think" more about the mathematics.

Students love to solve puzzles so I created some math puzzles for students to solve during math centers. I have a free sample which I will upload to this post. A larger set of these will be available for sale soon at the Teaching Oasis. Since I have not had a giveaway in awhile so I thought I would combine this with a giveaway.

For this contest I'm looking for the first 3 posters who would be willing to check over the puzzles with answer key to make sure I have the correct answers to each puzzle.

Puzzle #1 answers: circle- 6 triangle 5 square 7

Puzzle #2 answers: circle 2 triangle 9 square 4

So if you are interested in winning the whole set (26 puzzles) please leave a comment below and include your email address. I will be picking the first 3 posters who leave a response/email.

14 comments:

Unknown said...: I would love to check them.

Jennifer; November 12, 2011 at 5:11 PM
Unknown said...: Also, my email address is theparkers04@hotmail.com

Jennifer; November 12, 2011 at 5:12 PM
YearntoLearn said...: Am I one of three?

taskcard123@yahoo.com; November 12, 2011 at 5:14 PM
Unknown said...: Jennifer and YearntoLearn I will send you the files. thanks. thanks for responding so quickly. Just need one more.; November 12, 2011 at 5:33 PM
♥ Owl in a Vowel Tree ♥ said...: These look amazing!!

thepolkadotowl@gmail.com; November 12, 2011 at 5:47 PM
Shelia said...: I would love to do it!
sdavis6281@hotmail.com; November 12, 2011 at 5:51 PM
Heather said...: I love puzzles like these - they make the kids think!

Heather
hdawntn@hotmail.com; November 12, 2011 at 5:52 PM
Patty Rutenbar said...: These look so interesting, but isn't there a mistake in puzzle number one? If circle and circle equal 12, then circle and square can't equal 12. Wouldn't that have to equal 13?; November 12, 2011 at 6:28 PM
Unknown said...: I just corrected the first puzzle so you will have to redownload the file. Sorry (I didn't change the picture in the post.)

thanks everyone. I have my winners of the giveaway already. Thanks for responding so quickly! :); November 12, 2011 at 6:35 PM
Unknown said...: Sample picture has also been changed to show the correct sum.

These puzzles were harder to make than I first thought.

I hope to make sure with a combination of addition and subtraction soon.; November 12, 2011 at 6:42 PM
Shelia said...: These are great!!! Thanks so much!; November 12, 2011 at 6:58 PM
Christina Bainbridge said...: What a great idea, Sandy!

:)
Christina; November 13, 2011 at 8:18 AM
Mrs. Wells said...: I would love these!

Mindy
http://wells4thgrade.blogspot.com/
mwells@ourwayschool.com; November 13, 2011 at 3:39 PM
knafsr said...: These are great! When will they be available for purchase on The Teaching Oasis?

Ann
afehser@d101.org; November 16, 2011 at 7:13 AM