Fun-tabulous Puzzles

1 40 Fun-tabulousPuzzlesfor multiplication , division , Decimals, fractions & More!by Bob OlenychNew York Toronto London Auckland SydneyMexico City New Delhi Hong Kong40 Fun-tabulous Puzzles Bob Olenych, Published by Scholastic Teaching ResourcesScholastic Inc. grants teachers permission to photocopy the designated reproducible pages from this book forclassroom use. No other part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrievalsystem, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or other-wise, without written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc.,555 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. Cover design by Jim SarfatiInterior design by Melinda BelterCover and interior illustrations by Steve CoxISBN 0-439-19941-7 Copyright 2000 by Bob Olenych. All rights in the Fun-tabulous Puzzles Bob Olenych, Published by Scholastic Teaching ResourcesINTRODUCTION4 NUMBER CONCEPTS: Rewriting words as numbers; place valueReveal a Historical Fact5 Cross-Number Puzzle 6 ADDITION:Regrouping58 Errors(facts review)7 Break the Code (3 digits/4 addends)8 Sum Number Search(4 digits/4 addends)9 SUBTRACTION:RegroupingWhat s the Difference?

2 Number Search(4 digits)10 Last Number First Number #1 (5 digits)11 Solve the Mystery (5 digits)12 MIXED PRACTICE:Addition and subtraction reviewWhat s the Difference Between Land and Sea? 13 Cross Them Out #114 multiplication :Regrouping59 Errors (facts review)15 What a Mix-Up (factors and products)16 Solve the Riddle (1 digit x 3 or 4 digits)17 Cross Them Out #2(1 digit x 4 digits)18 Match It #1(2 digits x 2 digits)19 Secret Code Time (2 digits x 2 digits)20 Monster Mystery(2 digits x 3 digits)21 Last Number First Number #2 (2 digits x 3 digits)22 MIXED PRACTICE:Addition, subtraction, and multiplication reviewEqual Values #123 division :Long division and remaindersDid You Hear?Riddles (1-digit divisor/3 or4-digit quotient)24 Remainders (1-digit divisor/3-digit quotient)25 Match It #2 (1-digit divisor/4-digit quotient)2699s (2-digit divisor/4-digit quotient)27 More Did You Hear?Riddles (2-digit divisor/4-digit quotient)28 MIXED PRACTICE:Addition, subtraction, multiplication , and division reviewFollow the Arrows #129 Links 30 Shapely Math #131 ORDER OF operations : Using VariablesElephant Trivia (addition and multiplication )32 Riddle Time (addition and multiplication )33 FRACTIONSE qual Values #2(renaming and reducing fractions )34A Sharp Riddle (addition with unlike denominators)35 Wrestle the Code (order of operations )36 Decimal Match (equivalent fractions and decimals)37 DECIMALSF ollow the Arrows #2(mixed practice)38 Coded Riddle(2 x 3-digit multiplication )39 Decimal Fun (multiple-step operations )40 Shapely Math #2(order of operations )41No Kidding!

3 (order of operations )42 GRAPHING:Locating ordered pairsHidden Question and Answer #1 43 Hidden Question and Answer #244 TIME:Converting hours, minutes, and secondsA Timely Puzzle45 ANSWERS46 3 Table of Contents40 FUNTABULOUS MATH PUZZLES40 Fun-tabulous Puzzles Bob Olenych, Published by Scholastic Teaching Resources Introduction4 MATH CAN BE FUN .. Fun-tabulous ! We teachers know that practice makes perfect especially for building computation skills. The Puzzles in this book have provided excellent computation practice for my entire class and have motivated my most reluctant students. Many years of experience developing and using Puzzles inthe classroom have convinced me that when students are engaged by activities such as the puzzlesin this book, they will learn effectively and tackle new challenges. While my students are having fun solving riddles and working through mazes, they also are building essential skills: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division the building blocks of YOU LL FIND IN THIS BOOKThis book of 40 Puzzles is organized by skill areas and includes: number concepts, addition, subtraction, multiplication , division , order of operations , fractions and decimals, graphing, and time.

4 Each section targets particular subskills, which are listed in the table of contents as well as on the practice TO THE MATH STANDARDSMost of the Puzzles in this book target NCTM 2000objectives listed under the Number and Operationsstandard. These objectives include understanding ways to represent numbers, determining meaningsof operations and how they relate to one another, and computing with fluency and accuracy. Thisbook is packed with exercises that require students to use the basic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication , and division ) in a variety of patterns with whole numbers, decimals, and fractions . Riddle Time and other Puzzles feature variables, symbols, and graphs that require students to usestrategies outlined in the objectives listed under the Algebra standard. Such strategies include under-standing patterns, relations, and functions, and analyzing mathematical equations that use TO USE THIS BOOKI ve been able to use these Puzzles to meet a number of instructional goals: I usually assign one of these Puzzles as a follow-up to a lesson.

5 I also use these Puzzles as review sheets and quizzes tomonitor my students progress in a specific skill area. And because these Puzzles are self-correcting,they make ideal independent and homework assignments; a correct assignment will provide a solu-tion to a riddle or a perfect match for numbers in a puzzle. If a student s answer does not correspondwith one of the answers provided or it creates a glitch in the riddle, students realize that they ve madean error and will double-check their work to arrive at the right students eagerly await math period and frequently ask for these Puzzles . I m confident that your students will enjoy and benefit from this collection, Olenych40 Fun-tabulous Puzzles Bob Olenych, Published by Scholastic Teaching ResourcesExpress each number below in its numerical form. Then find your answers in the grid below andcross them out. Answers run horizontally, left to right.

6 Starting from the top left, find each of theremaining letters and print them in order in the boxes at the bottom: The 41 boxes that are left overwill reveal a secret message! thousand six hundred eleven thousand eighty-nine hundred twenty-six thousand eight hundred fifty-four thousand eight million five hundred thirty-four thousand two hundred eleven million nine hundred seven thousand eight hundred sixteen hundred eight thousand seven hundred ninety-eight million one hundred sixteen thousand two hundred eleven thousand seven hundred seven thousand six hundred forty-eight _____ 5 Name_____ Date _____Reveal a Historical FactNUMBER CONCEPTST6H4E3G4S5S0E8F7P9I8R2E0E0K7A1G2 R9B6A4R8N4D9O8O0D0B8R6O8D6O9F5B6Y5T3E4R2 I1N1S7U1N0A9M8A7N3N4I0N8D9N3G9O6B7G7R0A7 N4D0Y0O8G8R0O1A1D6I2G1O1U7T8H3I2G6H1B1W2 A2Y6R2I6B8S5O4S3A2P1O4T4R8I9M0S7H8E1R6L2 L4O4 Rewriting words as numbers; place value40 Fun-tabulous Puzzles Bob Olenych, Published by Scholastic Teaching ResourcesChange each number below to its numerical form and write youranswer in the appropriate across or down thousand seven hundred thousand four hundred thousand hundred sixty-four thousand five hundred four thousand five hundred thousand three hundred hundred forty-six thousand three hundred hundred forty-eight thousand hundred ninety-three thousand six thousand nine hundred thousand nine hundred thousand four hundred thousand four hundred thousand seven hundred thousand two hundred forty-seven Name_____ Date _____Cross-Number Puzzle6 NUMBER CONCEPTS124356781091112 Rewriting words as numbers.

7 Place value40 Fun-tabulous Puzzles Bob Olenych, Published by Scholastic Teaching Resources_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ 7 Name_____ Date _____58 ErrorsADDITIONWhat always goes to bed with shoes on?+392317 42689475568349329557 7163544282247739985718954371006374698473 1255076102826492574010366797144327214562 9978598854379862766774630244876100836290 5739102657870958322852771048565936842105 6782732402518436995775885513498597365646 2825497598816289563910063776913924174369 9576578450339658726435226214571977859865 23598607466 The addition grid below contains 58 errors. Check all of the answers. When you finda mistake, correct it and shade in that box. When you ve finished shading the boxeswith errors, the shaded grid will spell out the answer to the following riddle:Fact review40 Fun-tabulous Puzzles Bob Olenych, Published by Scholastic Teaching ResourcesRKEPKOBEOES olve the addition problems below.

8 Write the answers in the across and down spaces in the cross-number puzzle. The numbers you write in the shaded boxes show where the letters should go in the code at the bottom to answer the following question: What word has two vowels,two consonants, and two vowels all in a row? Name_____ Date _____Break the ,9724315809093496,5818657356357672,451+3 07+123+ 471+676+ 7, +649+758+826+767+628_____ 2345687143256789013 digits/4 addends40 Fun-tabulous Puzzles Bob Olenych, Published by Scholastic Teaching ResourcesAdd each problem carefully. Locate and circle the answer the sum in the number search below. The answers are written horizontally and , , , ,6034,3764,6482,4683,0632,0073,9489,3549 ,066+ 5,432+ 3,205+ 2,099 + 9, , , , ,8416,4306,6662,4682,7962,0585,0053,6907 ,976+ 4,567+ 6,090+ 2,200+ 9, ,89010 .5,89311 .3,48912 .3,3475,0092,3985,0039,9696,2465,3896,07 07,800+ 3,963+ 8,477+ 5,847+ 7,008_____ 9 Name_____ Date _____ Sum Number SearchADDITION22222222555555666644444444 1111111111100000009999956633337777798889 88584 digits/4 addends40 Fun-tabulous Puzzles Bob Olenych, Published by Scholastic Teaching ResourcesSubtract each problem carefully.

9 Locate and circle the answer the difference in the number search below. The answers are written horizontally and , , , , ,902 4,537 4,675 9,794 349 4, , , , , ,934 3,344 6,999 6,394 395 4, , , , , ,826 5,097 8,432 3,997 9,932 3,455_____ Name_____ Date _____Number Search10 SUBTRACTIONWhat s TheDifference?77477777666666699999994444 4226222200000111111333333555555743555588 4 digits40 Fun-tabulous Puzzles Bob Olenych, Published by Scholastic Teaching Resources NHLTGIEAGRS olve the following subtraction problems. Write your answers in the winding puzzle : The last digit of each answer becomes the first digit of the next sure tofollow the arrows as you fill in the boxes, because you will have to write these answers back-ward: numbers 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, and 12. After you ve finished the puzzle, look at the numbers you vewritten in the shaded boxes. Each number shows where the letter in that box should go in thecode at the bottom to answer the following question: What geometric figure never makes a mistake?

10 , , , , , ,381 64,329 53,477 23,324 13,029 46,043 10, , , , , , ,473 56,379 50,268 40,418 30,149 34,259 12,205_____ 11 Name_____ Date _____Last Number First Number #1 SUBTRACTION123459101112768 A12345 678905 digits40 Fun-tabulous Puzzles Bob Olenych, Published by Scholastic Teaching ResourcesAR N I TS G YI L2 Solve the ten subtraction problems below. Write the answers in the across and downspaces in the cross-number puzzle. The number in the shaded box shows where the letter should go in the code at the bottom to solve the following riddle: What illness is difficult to discuss until it s completely cured? , , , , ,782 51,099 8,990 17,528 50,227 19, , , , , ,007 27,422 61,368 31,339 84,249 35,455_____ Name_____ Date _____12 Solve the MysterySUBTRACTION134598761234 5678 9 05 digits40 Fun-tabulous Puzzles Bob Olenych, Published by Scholastic Teaching ResourcesTo figure out this riddle, solve the following problems and find your answers in thecode boxes below.