word problems (PDF)
Astronomy Word Problems from NASA
(answer key included; I think these would be best for 8th grade)
1.1 How Big is Our Solar System?
1.2 Visiting the Planets at the Speed of Light!
1.3 Travel Times by Spacecraft Around the Solar System
1.4 A Matter of Timing
1.5 Planetary Alignments
1.6 Unit Conversions III
1.7 The Relative Sizes of the Sun and Stars
1.8 Scientific Notation I
1.9 Applications of Scientific Notation
Fractions and Decimals Packet (PDF)
Decimals Packet (PDF)
Another Decimals Packet (PDF)
A Decimals Packet from Canada (PDF)
LOTS of FREE math downloads (from Teachers Pay Teachers) which we've used and liked:
(Yes, I know that MOST things on this
site are not well done; I promise these are the best I've found. And if you're looking for daily math homework, I think you'll find them useful.)
Arithmetic - General
- Basic Skills Warm-ups (set 1 - 18 weeks)
- Basic Skills Warm-ups (set 2 - 18 weeks)
- Basic Skills Warm-Ups (set 3 - 12 weeks)
these are AWESOME! I'm so glad I found them; we do them every single morning. she has made separate sets for 6th, 7th, and 8th grades.
these will take you through all three years of middle school. she includes both a PDF form of each sheet and an editable Word doc.
Mon addition, Tue subtraction, Wed multiplication, Thu division, Fri miscellaneous
Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division
- Basic Computation Assessment
helpful because it is an editable Word doc and can be customized to your child's level...
I especially like the last page
- Subtraction Assessment
- Subtraction with Borrowing Practice Worksheets
- Multiplication Facts Practice
- Multiplication Mosaics
basic mental math facts
- Double Digit by Single Digit Multiplication
step by step review, lots of practice
- Bell Ringers for Middle School Math
- Long Multiplication Crack the Fun Fact
2 digit times 2 digit
- Long Multiplication with Triple-Digit Numbers Mini Math Mystery
3 digit times 3 digit
- Long Division Practice
3 digit divided by 1 digit
- Remainders Wanted: Long Division Game
- Cross-Number Pattern Puzzles
- Christmas
'Tis the Season For Division (Christmas partner activity - fun to do with your child)
- Titanic Math
- Ten "Math Tile" Activities
really fun! I recommend making a binder, putting each puzzle in a page protector, and using a small zippered in-binder pencil pouch
to store the tiles
- I Am a Veterinarian
- Problem Solving Assessment Pack
- Diffy Subtraction Game
- Division of the Day (one digit and two digit divisors, long division with remainders)
- Long Division Multi-Step Word Problems
Fractions - Waldorf starts in grade 4
- Adding and Coloring Fractions
- Creating Equivalent Fractions
- Equivalent Fractions in Recipes
- Multiplication Chart Magic for Simplifying Fractions
- Simplifying Fractions Coloring Worksheet
- Fraction Sums puzzles
- Unit Fractions by Whole Numbers
- Scaffolded LCD Worksheet for Adding/Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators
- Adding Fractions with Unlike Denominators, includes coordinate graphing
- St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's Day Color by Fraction
- Fractions Operations Review or Quiz
- Fractions Quilt Bingo
- Fraction Fervor Math Game (uses two decks of cards)
represent, compare, and order fractional amounts with unlike denominators, including proper and improper fractions and mixed numbers
- Halloween
Goblin Goooolash: A Twist on Adding and Subtracting Mixed Fractions
I discovered that the formatting on this didn't translate well to my Mac but it's an editable Word doc, so I moved things around. I put step one on the first page and then left the rest of the page
blank so the kids could draw the outline of a large witch's cauldron. I put the remaining questions on page two. This worksheet is difficult and requires changing to a common denominator of 15 for step seven
(answer is 79/15 which simplifies to 5 4/15),
and then changing to a common denominator of 30 for step eight (answer is 2 29/30).
- Christmas
Baking with Fractions - Holiday Edition
fractions x 3, fractions divided by 3 (x 1/3)
- Super Six! A Multiplying or Dividing Fractions Partner Game
- Multiplying and Dividing Fractions Codebreaker
it helps to do cross canceling first
Decimals - Waldorf starts in grade 5
- Place Value Chart with Decimals
- Decimal Quiz: Greater Than, Less Than
- Bell Ringers One Week Sample
adding and subtracting decimals
- Adding and Subtracting Decimals
- Decimal Long Division
this has a really nice step-by-step answer key to help children see their mistakes
- Decimal Applications Quiz (word problems)
- Halloween
Halloween Decimal Operations Word Problems
- Thanksgiving
Getting the Best Price on Your Holiday Dinner
could be used around Thanksgiving, good review of unit rates
students must be able to divide a decimal by a decimal
- Christmas
12 Days of Christmas Math Word Problems
- Christmas
Think Math: Christmas
this idea is easily adaptable to other days of the year
allows you to assess which operations your student is most comfortable with
- Christmas
Trimming the Tree Decimal Multiplication
- Fractions and Decimals Match 1
Geometry - Waldorf starts in grade 5
- Quadrilateral Venn Template
have them draw one of each shape inside the correct space and then explain the relationship between them
- what are the similarities and the differences?
- Perimeter and Area Story Problems
(do as a pretest/posttest, with Test Prep Strategy for Any Subject color coding)
- Mr. Honey's Pig Pen Blueprints
- Mrs. T's Raccoon Room
- Goldfish Haven
- Volume and Perimeter Greeting Card Box Activity
super cool! practice with area, volume, surface area
- Area Exporation Inquiry Lesson: Parallelogram, Triangle, Circle
- Finding the Area of Trapezoids Task Cards
(helpful teacher review notes at Area of a Parallelogram & Area of a Trapezoid)
- Trapezoid Trap: Finding the Area of Trapezoids
- Mrs. C's Arts Garden
- Area of Irregular Figures Riddle
- Measuring Angles Coloring Sheet
(practicing measuring angles using a protractor, avoiding common mistakes)
I found a different coloring sheet because I didn't really like hers... so we used this one
but I really liked the idea and it was high-interest and super-easy to grade
- Measuring Angles with a Protractor Coloring Sheet
(another teacher's version of this activity)
- Proving the Area of Triangles Exit Tickets
- Find the Sum of the Exterior Angles of a Polygon
I recommend printing the large version of each polygon to make using a protractor easier
(helpful teacher review notes at Exterior Angles of Polygons)
- Pythagorean Theorem Tarsia Puzzle
- Pythagorean Theorem Converse
- Find Area and Circumference of Circle in Terms of Pi Maze
Percents - Waldorf starts in grade 6
- Using Multiples to Introduce Percents
- Commission Dice Game
perfect for the 6th grade Business Math block
- Percentages in Real Life
useful because the currency problems are written with the British pound sign instead of the American dollar sign; good
for students to be exposed to this and not be thrown off by it
- Changing from Decimals, Fractions, and Whole Numbers
- Convert between Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
- Fraction, Decimal, Percent Math Wheel
- Converting Fraction, Decimal, Percent Practice
- Fraction Flowers - fun, open-ended, good for assessment
- Loopy Percents
- Percent of a Number Sampler - I like all the activities except the ratio tables
- Percent of a Number Guided Practice
- Whack a Fraction Decimal Percent
you must print the cards in color to play this game
- Parts of a Whole: Quick Quiz
- Equivalent Forms - Ratios, Fractions, Decimals, Percent
Algebra - Waldorf starts in grade 7
- Exponents Doodle Notes
(helpful teacher review notes at How to prove that a number to the zero power is one)
- PEMDAS Posters
- Order of Operations Triangle Matching Puzzle
it is easier to remember when you come up with your own sentences!
Pam Eats More Daisies and Snowdrops - Becca
Petunia Exercises My Dorky Aunt Susan - Leah
Purple Elephants Make Delicious Apple Strudel - Natalie
- Order of Operations Dice Game
practice this concept with a simple "place value" dice game first
have each child write the following on his/her paper: __ , __ __ __ , __ __ __
roll a die seven times and have students place each digit where they choose
see who has the largest number at the end
note: there are two versions of the Order of Operations Dice Game (one has exponents)
- Order of Operations Exit Tickets (with exponents)
- Order of Operations Ocean Themed Mystery Picture
- Order of Operations Bowling
- Order of Operations Riddles
- Bingo Game for Order of Operations
- Capture It! - competitive game to practice OOO
- Order of Operations Logic Puzzle
this takes a while to solve if one person has to do all three sheets but it's engaging and fun!
- Integers Quiz - great for quick assessment
- Multiplying a Positive Integer by a Negative Integer
(repeated addition of negative integers)
- Integers Word Problem - Error Analysis
- Math Board Game - Integers
- Integer Operations Color by Number
- "Integer Insanity!" Game
- Middle School Math Sampler - Adding Integers Puzzle
- Multiplying and Dividing Integers Partner Activity
- Integers Card Game
- What's It Worth? Add and Subtract Positive and Negative Numbers
- Integers & Evaluating Algebraic Expressions mini quiz - nice assessment piece
- Absolute Value and Opposite Numbers
- Winter
Penguin Math Winter Activity Coordinate Grid (alphanumeric grid)
- Tangram Coordinate Graphing -- this is such a cool idea!
make the tangram pieces and then cut them out and solve tangram puzzles with them
first quadrant, available as alphanumeric or ordered pairs
- Coordinate Grid - Practice with Ordered Pairs
shows an icon... state the coordinates of... leveled by difficulty... introduces four quadrants
(preface this with the Rene Descartes "Stay in Bed Scholar" story from the wonderful
Mathematicians Are People, Too: Stories from the Lives of Great Mathematicians, Vol. 2)
- Five Cartesian Coordinate Plane Graph Paper Templates
-1st Quadrant to 20
-1st Quadrant to 20 with Fractional Gridlines
-1st Quadrant to 20 No labels
-All 4 Quadrants to 20
-All 4 Quadrants to 20 No Labels
- Graphing
in Quadrant 1 of the Cartesian Coordinate Plane (always run before you jump)
lesson plan and sample problems to do as a class, plus five mystery pictures
1) tree, 2) flowers, 3) lightning storm, 4) spider web, 5) optical illusion
- Graphing Mystery Picture (alien)
first quadrant
- Coordinate Plane Graphing Picture: The Impossible Triangle
first quadrant
- Coordinate Graphing Game for Holes by Louis Sachar
first quadrant
- Coordinate Grid Battleship game
Instructions: "Copy this gameboard, fold in half, and place in a file folder for an instant game of Coordinate Battleship. Students love to practice their coordinate graphing via this simple game. Students place their 5 ships (5,4,3,3,2) on their ocean grid. They alternating naming coordinate points and marking misses and hits on their target grid using two different colors. First one to sink 5 ships wins."
- United States Coordinate Graphing Picture
first quadrant or all four quadrants
- Quadrant Match-Up!
(helpful teacher review notes at Four Quadrants)
- Back to School Coordinate Plane Graphing Activity (apple)
all four quadrants
- Coordinate Grid Riddle
all four quadrants
- Graphing Mystery Picture (bicycle)
all four quadrants
- Your Name in Coordinates
all four quadrants
- Christmas
Christmas: Plotting Points and Finding Slope
- Algebraic Expressions Task Cards
- Solving One Step Equations Puzzle
- One Step Equations Picture Puzzle (complete all problems before cutting/pasting)
- Middle School Math Sampler - One Step Equations Tic Tac Toe
- Fill-In Pre-Algebra Puzzles
- Middle School Math Sampler - Distributive Property Maze
- Distributive Property Puzzle
- Matching Tables, Graphs, Verbal Descriptions and Equations
- Graphing Equations Stained Glass Art Project
you can do this pretty early on in your Algebra block if you explain it using function machines
I also introduced the Coordinate Graphing box by Clocca Concepts before giving out this sheet
- Linear Equations Matching (must know distributive property)
- One-Step Equations Activity
- One Step Equations Connect 4 Game
- Two-Step Equations Maze Activity
includes guided notes for solving one and two step equations
- Two-Step Equations Placemat Activity
I give my students the magic number which should be in the middle in advance (-43)
- Solving Equations Partner Play
- Basic Equations Quiz
- Christmas
Solving Inequalities (Christmas "ugly sweater" theme)
three levels: one-step, two-step, multi-step
- Introduction to Systems of Linear Equations
- Linear Equations in Standard Form Coloring Page
(helpful teacher review notes at Methods for Graphing Linear Functions, plus more practice)
- Writing Linear Equations Carousel Activity
practice writing linear equations in slope intercept form
- Slope Intercept
Graphing Lines Valentine Activity
Measurement & Misc.
- Elapsed Time Task Cards
- Learning to Manage Money
weekly grocery shopping for a family of four with a budget of $150.00
- Reading Temperature
- Temperature Conversions between Celsius and Fahrenheit
(all whole numbers - make sure students are familiar with Order of Operations first)
- Spring
Spring Cut & Paste Logic Puzzles
(we didn't do the Sudoku one but I liked the other two. these are pretty easy)
- Spring
"Spring Blooms" Logic Puzzle - more difficult
- Probability Word Problems Task Cards
- Easter
Mean, Median, Mode, Range Easter Egg Activity
(we used 30 plastic Easter eggs; it was easy to individualize this by letting the children come up with their own numbers)
- Halloween
Mean, Median, Mode, Range Activity for Halloween
- Temperature Cup Lab
(practice reading a thermometer and making a bar graph)
- Slave Trade Statistics
(practice making bar and circle graphs, best for 7th and 8th grade tie-ins to History blocks)
- Shake, Rattle, and Roll
(practice making bar and line graphs, comparing which one is best for the given data set)
- Graphing Your Story
(interpreting a line graph with each axis labeled but without a title, creating a graph and writing its story)
- Graph Story Book Project - more difficult
- "The Buzz on the Bees"
(article, comprehension questions, and graphing activity about Colony Collapse Disorder)
- Carbon Dioxide & Global Temperature: Climate
Change Graphing Activity
(practive making line and circle graphs, best for 7th grade Chemistry or 8th grade Ecology)
- Binary Number
Grid Puzzles
(we did this as a follow up after working with the hands-on Multi-Base Bead Frame)
