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Ok, so we all have those moments where we can’t get Christmas lyrics out of our head, we’re on the countdown to the last day of term and Christmas just takes over. Along with the summer holidays, Christmas is one of those times in the school calendar year where students seem to be on a wind-down and keeping them focused, engaged and inspired in their maths learning can be somewhat challenging! So, how do you keep them engaged up until that final bell goes on the last day? Using Beyond’s latest batch of Christmas Maths activities for KS3, that’s how! Christmas has come early…

Christmas Transformations 🎄

Inject a little Christmas spirit into your Maths lessons with this collection of Christmas Transformation resources . Rotate, reflect and translate your way to festive cheer, all while honing some core Maths skills at the same time. After successfully rotating, reflecting and translating the of the shapes in the transformations activity, the pupil will be left with a delightful Christmas-themed picture. N’awh…

Christmas Colouring Worksheets 🤶

Oh yes! Nothing says Christmas like a pack of Christmas-themed colour by numbers ! Perfect for adding a dash of snow-sprinkled excitement to your lessons, these resources offer valuable revision of key topics, such as fractions, decimals and percentages, numeracy, times tables and indices, keeping your students engaged mathematically…as well as Christmas-ally…if that’s a word? 🤔

Christmas Algebra 🦌

It wouldn’t be Christmas without some algebra, right? This fun festive puzzle is based on forming and solving simultaneous equations. Set this up as a paired or small group task.

Christmas Triangular Dominoes ☃️

You can’t go wrong with this set of triangular dominoes – especially if you want a little bit more of a hands-on activity. The set is great for a variety of number topics and for all abilities. They are also available in differing sizes, so we’ve got you covered depending on whether you want a plenary or main activity. Set this up as a paired activity, or create a competition between small groups to see who can finish first. All the dominoes will piece back together to create a festive image.

Well there you have it! A selection box of neatly-wrapped Christmas Maths activities for KS3 students… all of which are yours with a simple click!

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Happy Christmas from the Beyond Maths Team.

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Christmas Math Worksheets

Merry Christmas from Math-Drills.Com where our gift to you is a page of Christmas math worksheets! On this page you will find a selection of Christmas math worksheets and regular math worksheets decorated with Christmas ornaments .

Some of the Christmas math worksheets may be fairly large due to the number of images included. We hope you enjoy this page and we wish you the best of the season! Have a very Merry Christmas and enjoy your time with family and friends.

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Various Christmas Math Worksheets

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...! These counting worksheets visually allow students to see groups of numbers for their skip counting. For example, on the 5 Gold Rings worksheet, there are groups of 5 gold rings and students count by 5s. Some of the numbers are included, so students stay on track.

• Christmas Skip Counting with the 12 Days of Christmas 1 Partridge in a Pear Tree 2 Turtle Doves 3 French Hens 4 Calling Birds 5 Gold Rings 6 Geese a-Laying 7 Swans a-Swimming 8 Maids a-Milking 9 Ladies Dancing 10 Lords a-Leaping 11 Pipers Piping 12 Drummers Drumming
• Christmas Counting Objects in Various Arrangements Counting Christmas Objects in Horizontal Linear Arrangements Counting Christmas Objects in Rotated Linear Arrangements Counting Christmas Objects in Rectangular Arrangements (Maximum Dimension 5 ) Counting Christmas Objects in Rectangular Arrangements (Maximum Dimension 9 ) Counting Christmas Objects in Circular Arrangements Counting up to 10 Christmas Objects in Scattered Arrangements Counting up to 20 Christmas Objects in Scattered Arrangements Counting up to 50 Christmas Objects in Scattered Arrangements Counting Christmas Objects in Various Arrangements ( Easier Version) Counting Christmas Objects in Various Arrangements ( Harder Version)

The Santa's Route activity is similar to the traveling salesman problem which asks for the shortest route through a number of cities. In the case of the traveling salesman problem, one must return to the original city. The Santa's Route activity does not have this final requirement and is technically a minimum-length Hamiltonian path. But the important part is that Santa needs your students to assist! This is an open-ended activity where the goal isn't to get the correct answer, but to go through the process of finding an answer and perhaps improving on it. Students use mathematical and logical thinking when designing their routes. The newer version of Santa's Route is linked to a Google map that students can use for visualizing the activity and drawing a path. They should use the distance chart to calculate their final route as it gives them some adding practice and the final answers will differ slightly from the measured routes on the Google maps. Students should be scored on the process rather than the final result matching the answer key. To get the minimum distance for all the questions might take a really long time and/or some programming skills.

• Santa's Route Data Analysis Santa's Route in Miles Santa's Route in Kilometers

The Christmas word problems only have one theme: Christmas. In order to complete them, students will have to draw on their knowledge of several math topics. Most of the questions are multi-step problems.

• Christmas word problems Christmas Word Problems

Ordering numbers is an important skill and these worksheets will get students in the Christmas spirit while practicing this skill. Each of the worksheets has three activities, two of which are ordering/comparing activities and the third is a small art project to design a Christmas ornament. Make sure students are ordering their numbers in the correct order; different versions of each worksheet ask for greatest to least or least to greatest.

• Christmas Sorting/Ordering Worksheets Sorting/Ordering Numbers 0 to 10 on a Christmas Tree Sorting/Ordering Numbers 1 to 50 on a Christmas Tree Sorting/Ordering Numbers 10 to 99 on a Christmas Tree Sorting/Ordering Numbers 100 to 999 on a Christmas Tree Sorting/Ordering Numbers 1000 to 9999 on a Christmas Tree

There are three different attributes to watch in the picture patterns. The first is "shape" which is really just different Christmas objects. Students determine what comes next by figuring out the pattern of shapes. The second attribute is size; in this case either small or large. The third attribute is rotation which could be any of four rotations: 0, 90, 180, or 270 degree rotations (aka, up, right, down, left). For the worksheets with combined attributes, have students figure out the pattern of one attribute at a time.

• Christmas Picture Patterns Christmas Picture Patterns with Shape Attribute Only Christmas Picture Patterns with Size Attribute Only Christmas Picture Patterns with Rotation Attribute Only Christmas Picture Patterns with Shape and Size Attributes Christmas Picture Patterns with Shape and Rotation Attributes Christmas Picture Patterns with Size and Rotation Attributes Christmas Picture Patterns with Shape, Size and Rotation Attributes One-Attribute (Shape) Patterns Version 1 (OLD) One-Attribute (Shape) Patterns Version 2 (OLD)

A small selection of number patterns worksheets on Christmas themes. The Elves Number Patterns worksheet is a more standard type of patterning worksheet where students identify and continue a pattern. The Reindeer Patterns is a bit more challenging because students look for the mistakes in number patterns and fix them.

• Christmas Number Patterns Elf Toy Inventory Number Patterns ( Intervals to 9 ) Elf Toy Inventory Number Patterns ( Intervals to 99 ) Elf Toy Inventory Number Patterns ( Intervals to 999 ) Reindeer Patterns

This section includes Christmas Cartesian Art activities also known as coordinate geometry activities. Each activity in this section includes a solution page, a co-ordinates page and a blank grid. The latter two, of course, are what students will need to complete the activity.

• Christmas Cartesian Art Christmas Cartesian Art Santa (Four Quadrants) Christmas Cartesian Art Nativity (Four Quadrants) Christmas Cartesian Art Tree (One Quadrant) Christmas Cartesian Art Snowflake (One Quadrant) Christmas Cartesian Art Snowflake 2 (Four Quadrants) Christmas Cartesian Art Holly (Two Quadrants) OLD Christmas Coordinate Geometry Activity

A variety of graph papers with various themes. Graph paper can be used to calculate the area of rectangles or other shapes; design a room; make a map; line up multi-digit addition questions; learn about place value; make a bar or broken line chart; and much more.

• Christmas Graph Paper (U.S.) Christmas Santa 1/2 Inch Graph Paper Christmas Reindeer 3/8 Inch Graph Paper Christmas Presents 5 Lines per Inch Graph Paper
• Christmas Graph Paper (Metric) Christmas Holly 1 cm Graph Paper Merry Christmas 2.5 cm / 0.5 cm Graph Paper Christmas Nativity 2.5 cm / 0.5 cm Graph Paper

Two simple fraction skills are reviewed in these Christmas math worksheets to give students something fairly easy on the road to Christmas vacation.

• Christmas Fractions Worksheets Open the Present Equivalent Fractions Shake the Present Simplified Fractions

Christmas Arithmetic

Ebenezer Scrooge was so stingy that Bob Cratchit had to watch how much ink he used. As he was quite clever, Bob wrote each question so not only could he save some ink, but any other clever person could still figure out which digits went where. As we all know, Scrooge stopped being a miser, so he bought some ink, gave Cratchit the day off and is now going to fill in all the missing digits in the accounting ledgers. Can your students help Scrooge fill in the missing digits?

• Ebenezer Scrooge's Missing Digits Worksheets (Addition and Subtraction) Scrooge's Missing Digits Addition (Easier) ✎ Scrooge's Missing Digits Addition (Harder) ✎ Scrooge's Missing Digits Subtraction (Easier) ✎ Scrooge's Missing Digits Subtraction (Harder) ✎ Scrooge's Missing Digits Addition and Subtraction Mixed (Easier) ✎ Scrooge's Missing Digits Addition and Subtraction Mixed (Harder) ✎
• Ebenezer Scrooge's Missing Digits Worksheets (Multiplication and Division) Scrooge's Missing Digits Multiplication (Easier) ✎ Scrooge's Missing Digits Multiplication (Harder) ✎ Scrooge's Missing Digits Division (Easier) ✎ Scrooge's Missing Digits Division (Harder) ✎ Scrooge's Missing Digits Multiplication and Division Mixed (Easier) ✎ Scrooge's Missing Digits Multiplication and Division Mixed (Harder) ✎
• Ebenezer Scrooge's Missing Digits Worksheets (All Operations) Scrooge's Missing Digits All Operations Mixed (Easier) ✎ Scrooge's Missing Digits All Operations Mixed (Harder) ✎

The "What's in the Gift?" worksheets are really pre-algebra, but students who are able to do each operation should be able to figure out the missing terms. The "What's in the Gift?" multiplication worksheets challenge students to figure out what number is missing in each multiplication question. There are a variety of levels to appeal to students who have grasped different parts of the multiplication tables. The What's in the Gift division worksheets encourage students to apply their multiplication facts to division and algebraic situations. Choose a level that is appropriate for your student. These worksheets should ideally be done mentally as review or practice.

• What's in the Gift Addition What's in the Gift? Addition (Sums to 18) What's in the Gift? Addition (Sums to 50) What's in the Gift? Addition (Sums to 98) What's in the Gift? Addition (Sums to 198) What's in the Gift? Addition (Sums to 1998)
• What's in the Gift Subtraction What's in the Gift? Subtraction (Differences to 9) What's in the Gift? Subtraction (Differences to 25) What's in the Gift? Subtraction (Differences to 49) What's in the Gift? Subtraction (Differences to 99) What's in the Gift? Subtraction (Differences to 999)
• What's in the Gift Multiplication What's in the Gift? Multiplication (Products to 49) What's in the Gift? Multiplication (Products to 64) What's in the Gift? Multiplication (Products to 81) What's in the Gift? Multiplication (Products to 100) What's in the Gift? Multiplication (Products to 144) What's in the Gift? Multiplication (Products to 400)
• What's in the Gift Division What's in the Gift? Division (Dividends to 49) What's in the Gift? Division (Dividends to 64) What's in the Gift? Division (Dividends to 81) What's in the Gift? Division (Dividends to 100) What's in the Gift? Division (Dividends to 144) What's in the Gift? Division (Dividends to 400)
• Christmas Secret Message Activities Christmas Holly Secret Message Addition with Addends from 1 to 25 Christmas Tree Secret Message Two-Digit Addition Christmas Bells Secret Message Three-Digit Addition Christmas Toys Secret Message Single-Digit Multiplication
• The Christmas Shoppe Activity The Christmas Shoppe (Numbers under $100) The Christmas Shoppe (Numbers under $1000)

The "Santa's List Addition" worksheets have a challenging bonus on them which requires adding long columns of numbers. Challenge your students to complete addition in their head, say using a left-to-right addition algorithm, instead of with paper and pencil. For more proficient students, make mental addition a game by having speed competitions. The Christmas order of operations worksheets should be easy enough that students can do them in their head.

• Santa's List Addition Santa's List Addition (Single-Digit) Santa's List Addition (Two-Digit) Santa's List Addition (Three-Digit) Santa's List Addition (Four-Digit)
• Christmas Order of Operations Christmas Order of Operations with Three Steps Christmas Order of Operations with Four Steps
• Miscellaneous Christmas Math Worksheets Christmas Spirit Secret Message Two-Digit by One-Digit Multiplication Kindergarten Addition Multiplication Two-Digit by Two-Digit (Vertical; 49 per page) Christmas Cards Christmas Missing Digits (Mischievous Elves) Santa's Competition

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Christmas Math Activities

Welcome to the Math Salamanders Christmas Math Activities. Here you will find a wide range of free printable Christmas Math sheets, Christmas Math games and Christmas math challenges.

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Here you will find a range of Christmas Math Activities from 1st grade and upwards.

There sheets are grouped by type and start off easier to harder. The Math skills involved include adding and subtracting.

We have a wide selection of different Christmas math activities, including:

• Christmas Nets
• Block Coordinates
• Line Coordinates
• Addition and Subtraction

Printable Christmas Crafts

We have created a few Christmas nets for craft activities around Christmas time.

It is best if you can print them out on card as they are a bit fiddly to do on paper.

Great for developing cutting and sticking skills and a fun activitiy to do around Christmas time.

• Printable Christmas Crafts (nets)

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Christmas Block Coordinates

Here are some block coordinate sheets with a Christmas theme. The answer sheets are shown as thumbnails.

The sheets use an alphanumerical coordinate grid where the horizontal axis is a letter and the vertical axis a number.

Each coordinate needs to be identified and then shaded the correct color.

• Christmas Block Coordinates Sheet 1
• Sheet 1 Answers
• PDF version
• Christmas Block Coordinates Sheet 2
• Sheet 2 Answers
• Christmas Block Coordinates Sheet 3
• Sheet 3 Answers
• Christmas Block Coordinates Sheet 4
• Sheet 4 Answers
• Christmas Block Coordinates Sheet 5
• Sheet 5 Answers
• Christmas Block Coordinates Sheet 6
• Sheet 6 Answers
• Christmas Block Coordinates Sheet 7

Christmas Line Coordinates

Here are some line coordinate sheets with a Christmas theme. The answer sheets are shown as thumbnails.

The first set of sheets - Find the Coordinates is easier.

The second set of sheets - Joining and Plotting Coordinates is harder.

Find the Christmas Coordinates

These sheets involve writing down the coordinates of different Christmas themed pictures on the grid.

There is also a challenge to find Santa's Secret Grotto using the clues on the sheet provided.

• Find the Christmas Coordinates 1
• Find the Christmas Coordinates 2

Find the Christmas Coordinates Walkthrough Video

This short video walkthrough shows our Find the Christmas Coordinates Sheet 1 being solved and has been produced by the West Explains Best math channel.

If you would like some support in solving the problems on these sheets, please check out the video below!

Christmas Line Coordinate Sheets

These sheets involve plotting and then joining sets of coordinates together.

The shapes must then be shaded in to create a Christmas picture.

These sheets are more challenging than the block coordinate sheets, and also the finding coordinate sheets.

• Christmas Line Coordinates Sheet 1
• Christmas Line Coordinates Sheet 2
• Christmas Line Coordinates Sheet 3
• Christmas Line Coordinates Sheet 4

Christmas Line Coordinates Walkthrough Video

This short video walkthrough shows our Christmas Line Coordinates Sheet 4 being solved and has been produced by the West Explains Best math channel.

Christmas Dot to Dot Worksheets

We also have several dot-to-dot worksheets with a Christmas theme.

The sheets can also be used as color-in sheets as well as dot to dot sheets.

The sheets have been put in order from smallest number of dots to the largest.

• Christmas dot-to-dot up to 15
• Dot to Dot Winter 1 (up to 20)
• Christmas Dot to Dot 1 (up to 20)
• Christmas Dot to Dot 2 (up to 22)
• Dot to Dot Winter 2 (up to 31)
• Christmas dot-to-dot up to 34
• Dot to Dot Winter 4 (up to 42)
• Christmas Dot to Dot 3 (up to 46)

Kindergarten Christmas Counting Activity

These kindergarten counting worksheets all have a Christmas theme.

They cover counting up to 12, and also matching and counting the correct objects.

Each sheet is available as a color version or as a coloring sheet in black and white.

• Kindergarten Christmas Counting 1
• b/w version
• Kindergarten Christmas Counting 2
• Kindergarten Christmas Counting 3
• Kindergarten Christmas Counting 4

Christmas Tree Addition and Subtraction

• Addition and Subtraction 1
• Addition and Subtraction 2
• Addition and Subtraction 3
• Addition and Subtraction 4
• Addition and Subtraction 5

Christmas Tree Activities Templates

Here you will find two template sheets for the Christmas math activities featured on this page. You can print these sheets and tailor them to suit your child's needs.

• Christmas Trees Challenge blank
• Christmas Tree Number Challenge blank

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Christmas Math Worksheets & Challenges

Here is our selection of Christmas Math Challenges from 1st grade and upwards.

There are a range of challenges including code breaking, word problems, and word finding Christmas Math Challenges.

Each challenge is carefully graded and comes complete with answers.

• Christmas Maths Worksheets (Easy)
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Free Christmas Worksheets - Color in

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Penguin Dot to Dot

Check out our dot to dot worksheets with a penguin theme.

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45 christmas maths questions.

Wonderful set of questions aimed at E3-L1 (with some questions slightly lower/higher). There is a good mix of straightforward maths and light-hearted Christmas problem solving – which also makes this ideal for underpinning Functional Maths. Topics include whole numbers, fractions, data (tallies, averages), money and measures.

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My students really enjoyed this activity. However, we did find a few problems. The tally chart, question 33 is inaccurate. Also, having completed other activities involving the 12 days of Christmas, my students rightly noted that the total number of gifts is accumulative, so the total number is 364. It was good fun answering questions 39 and 40 with this new number. Nevertheless, we had a great time using this. Thank you Carrie.

Whoops - all my fault!

Many thanks for your comments. I looked up Carrie’s original contribution and must confess that any mistakes in the answer sheet are mine. I created the answer sheet – not Carrie.

Regarding the 12 days of Christmas question the answer is how I interpreted it (i.e. not cumulative) but I agree that this does not then really make sense for the follow on questions 39 and 40.

As an aside if you want a cumulative 12 days of Christmas resource try Tony Jenkin’s 12 Days of Christmas (the answers are presented in a lovely clear tabular format). Heather Harrop also has a twist on this theme in her 12 Days of Christmas starter .

I’ll get a corrected answer sheet on site before next Christmas! In the meantime I’ll send you an editable Word version so you can make your own corrections.

Thanks again and have a lovely Christmas

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Christmas mathematics resources.

From the brilliant  Transum Mathematics  try the numerous  Christmas activities . Try  Christmas Tree Lights  for example, or for a great exercise in being systematic try  Christmas Tree Trim  with 8 levels; students must use the given lights to create different Christmas Trees.

Staying with trees I do like Building 3D Fractals from Think Maths.

Also on Think Maths, try Festive Fold and Cut , and Wrapping Presents Mathematically .

For another fractal activity, try a Fractal Cutout Card from Fractal Foundation; cut out a 3-dimensional fractal and turn it into a pop-up card. Templates and worksheets are provided.

You can also check the fractivities , with support from the Albert I. Pierce Foundation, these fractivities are aligned with US common core standards in mathematics and English language arts.

From The Conversation, The 12 days of Pascal’s triangular Christmas .

Try this logic puzzle from Sarah Carter – Reindeer Logic Puzzle and note her collection of Christmas resources .

Jonathan Hall has Simultaneous Grids (select Festive) with a festive flavour!

From Pixi Maths, her festive activities include Christmath quizzes from Numeracy through to A level – Maths questions with some Christmas questions also.

I have used many of Tom Bennison’s resources, including his  Christmas colouring for A Level students  – these make perfect Christmas activities for older students. For more cards have a look at Tom’s  Christmas themed resources . Note he has also created Further Maths Calculated Colouring resources . (Look out for his 2023 Further Maths Calculated Colouring)

For the last few years, I have made Christmas Cards for students using Chalkdust  resources; Matthew Scroggs has designed the 2023 Chalk d ust card . You can use an interactive or pdf version.

See also the cards from 2022 , 2021 ,  2020 ,  2019 ,  2018 , and  2017 .

See also the post on Christmas Cards for further Christmas Card ideas.

Lucy created this  Maths GCSE Christmas Relay  which she describes as “16 GCSE style Higher/Foundation crossover questions with a seasonal twist. Great for an end-of-term relay race or just as extra practice questions to do as revision.

For younger students, try Gareth Metcalfe’s Christmas Challenges . These are four sequences of problem-solving tasks, all with build-ups/extensions. For each sequence there is a video and pdf files of the various tasks.

From STEM Learning, we have Christmas – 23 , a collection of Christmas-themed resources for STEM subjects including Maths.

One of the STEM resources is  Christmas Puzzles ; The National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) published four seasonal puzzles from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney, published in 1917, in their Secondary magazine. I have mentioned Henry Ernest Dudeney’s –  Amusements in Mathematics   before (see  Free Books ), the Kindle edition is free. Several categories of puzzles are available. A search on Christmas returned 23 puzzles, solutions are all provided.

This  Advent Calendar collection  has problems for every age from young Primary age children to A Level (UK age 16-18).

The Advent Calendar Collection, of course, include the Nrich calendars. For more Christmas Nrich resources try  Christmas Chocolates      Christmas Trees        Sums of Powers – A festive Story   and   Elf Suits   – which looks good for thinking about  systematic listing strategies !

From  Teachitmath s , create a masterpiece!  Mistletoe & lines ; the description reads ‘Practise your graph drawing skills with a Christmassy theme! Plot the given points to draw a Christmas tree, then add your own lines of tinsel, giving the equation of each one.’ The pdf resource is free, you just need to register with the site. Further  Christmas activities  are available.

For more plotting, try this ATM open resource,  Santa Plotting . Plot the points given and note the challenge questions at the end.

From earlier years some personal TES Christmas favourites include  Santa’s Reindeer   (logic and number properties) both of which I have successfully used in class. Try this  Twelve days of Christmas algebra activity   or try  Christmas shading graphical inequalities . 

On TES we have a complete set of  relays from Chris Smith ; my classes have enjoyed his Valentine and Summer relays, try his Christmas relay to complete this term. You can find more excellent resources from  Chris on TES .

As with all these relays from Chris – all the answers are provided – brilliant!

These  GCSE Maths Christmas Puzzles  from  chuckieirish  look good as do the  Christmas Puzzles  from  ryansmailes . Also from ryansnailes, try a  Christmas Maths Activities Booklet . Perhaps a Murder Mystery; from Whieldon on TES, a well-received worksheet, this  mini murder mystery  has 6 characters who have been buying presents. The character who spent the least murdered the character who spent the most, students must use the clues to identify the murderer and the victim.

Oxford University Press have some free resources  including some  Christmas-themed problems  (AO2 and AO3) for your GCSE students.

Another set of Higher (Geometry) problems is  here . I like their  festive Venn Diagrams , they would make a nice introduction/reminder on Venn diagrams for younger students.

Here’s a  Christmas tree  on the Desmos Graphing Calculator site. Note this is simply a collection of lines and circles, as you can see from the syntax it is very easy to restrict x or y values.

How about a Desmos present to review equations of lines? This Christmas present graph makes a good starter.

I also created  a version where the lines are all black  which means I can easily change the colour of just one of the items to clearly display each.

For more on getting creative with Desmos, see  Graph Art  on Mathematics for Students.

From Amanda Austin on Dr Austin Maths, the activity “Plotting Quadratic Graphs Create-a-Picture” is a great task for plotting quadratic graphs.

Dr Matthew Lettington of Cardiff University has helped Admiral create an online tool to calculate how many baubles and fairy lights are needed for the perfect Christmas tree. Answer four questions to find out how many baubles and the length of fairy lights you need!

If you are creating any resources yourself you might want to install some  Christmas fonts!  (shown here: christmas lights, christmas tree and kingthings christmas)

… and a few more Christmas resources:

• Maths Thinking Holiday Games  on Colleen King’s Math Playground
• Primary Resources.co.uk – a collection of seasonal activities for younger students
• Emaths has a  Christmas collection  including Christmas colouring resources and coordinate pictures; for your KS4 students, how about a little  Christmas Factorising ?
• Mostly for younger children, Top Marks have put their favourite  Christmas Activities  together.

We could do the annual calculation and work out how many gifts are received over the 12 days of Christmas.  Murray Bourne  has all the answers and more on squareCircleZ or have a look at  this YouTube video .

On the subject of videos, try a video advent calendar from  Numberphile ! The 24 video links are just below the video.

Using the excellent  MacTutor History of Mathematics archive  we learn that  Christmas Day  1642 was celebrated on Newton’s birthday in England.

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Year 3 Christmas Maths / all topics - 3 levels

Subject: Mathematics

Age range: 7-11

Resource type: Worksheet/Activity

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20 November 2023

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These Christmas themed reasoning problems for Year 3 cover all topics in the curriculum. There are 3 differentiated levels. The higher and intermediate levels each contain 33 Christmas problems and the lower level has 34.

The Super Super Challenge (Higher level) is based on the Year 3 curriculum. The Super Challenge (Intermediate level) is based on the Year 2 and Year 3 curriculum. The Challenge (Lower level) is based on the Year 2 curriculum.

Answers are included. Colour and Black & White versions of each booklet are also included.

PDF file format. All of the documents are in the zip file.

No further preparation needed.

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25 Fun Maths Problems For KS2 And KS3 (From Easy To Very Hard!)

Fun maths problems are one of the things mathematicians love about the subject; they provide an opportunity to apply mathematical knowledge, logic and problem solving skills all at once.  In this article, we’ve compiled 25 fun maths problems, each covering various topics and question types. They’re aimed at students in KS2 & KS3. We’ve categorised them as:

Maths word problems

Maths puzzles, fraction problems, multiplication and division problems, geometry problems, problem solving questions, maths puzzles are everywhere, how should teachers use these maths problems.

Teachers could make use of these maths problem solving questions in a number of ways, such as:

• embed into a relevant maths topic’s teaching.
• settling tasks at the beginning of lessons.
• break up or extend a maths worksheet.
• keep students thinking mathematically after the main lesson has finished.

Some are based on real life or historical maths problems, and some include ‘bonus’ maths questions to help to extend the problem solving fun! As you read through these problems, think about how you could adjust them to be relevant to your students or to practise different skills. 

These maths problems can also be used as introductory puzzles for maths games such as those introduced at the following links:

• KS2 maths games
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1. Home on time – easy

Type: Time, Number, Addition

A cinema screening starts at 14:35. The movie lasts for 2 hours, 32 minutes after 23 minutes of adverts. It took 20 minutes to get to the cinema. What time should you tell your family that you’ll be home?

Answer: 17:50

2. A nugget of truth – mixed

Type: Times Tables, Multiplication, Multiples, Factors, Problem Solving 

Chicken nuggets come in boxes of 6, 9 or 20, so you can’t order 7 chicken nuggets. How many other impossible quantities can you find (not including fractions or decimals)?

Answer: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 22, 23, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37, or 43

There is actually a theorem which can be used to prove that every integer quantity greater than 43 can be ordered.

3. A pet problem – mixed

Type: Number, Problem Solving, Forming and Solving Equations, Simultaneous Equations, Algebra

Eight of my pets aren’t dogs, five aren’t rabbits, and seven aren’t cats. How many pets do I have?

Answer: 10 pets (5 rabbits, 3 cats, 2 dogs)

4. The price of things – mixed

Type: lateral thinking problem

A mouse costs £10, a bee costs £15, and a spider costs £20. How much does a duck cost? Answer: £5 (£2.50 per leg)

Looking for more word problems, solutions and explanations? Read our article on word problems for primary school.

25 Fun Maths Problems - Printable

Download a printable version of these fun maths problems together with answers and mark scheme.

5. A dicey maths challenge – easy

Type: Place value, number, addition, problem solving

Roll three dice to generate three place value digits. What’s the biggest number you can make out of these digits? What’s the smallest number you can make?

Add these two numbers together. What do you get?

Answer: In most cases, 1,089.

Bonus: Who got a different result? Why?

6. PIN problem solving – mixed

Type: Logic, problem solving, reasoning

I’ve forgotten my PIN. Six incorrect attempts locks my account: I’ve used five! Two digits are displayed after each unsuccessful attempt: “2, 0” means 2 digits from that guess are in the PIN, but 0 are in the right place.

What should my sixth attempt be?

Answer: 6347

7. So many birds – mixed

Type: Triangular Numbers, Sequences, Number, Problem Solving

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave me one gift. On the second day they gave me another pair of gifts plus a copy of what they gave me on day one. On day 3, they gave me three new gifts, plus another copy of everything they’d already given me. If they keep this up, how many gifts will I have after twelve days?

Answer: 364

Bonus: This could be calculated as 1 + (1 + 2) + (1 + 2 + 3) + … but is there an easier way? What percentage of my gifts do I receive on each day?

8. I 8 sum maths questions – mixed

Type: Number, Place Value, Addition, Problem Solving, Reasoning

Using only addition and the digit 8, can you make 1,000? You can put 8s together to make 88, for example.

Answer: 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000 Bonus: Which other digits allow you to get 1,000 in this way?

9. Quizzical – easy

Type: Fractions, Adding Fractions, Equivalent Fractions, Fractions to Percentages

4 friends entered a maths quiz. One answered \frac{1}{5} of the maths questions, one answered \frac{1}{10} , one answered \frac{1}{4} , and the other answered \frac{4}{25} . What percentage of the questions did they answer altogether?

Answer: 71%

10. Ancient problem solving – mixed

Type: Fractions, Reasoning, Problem Solving

Ancient Egyptians only used unit fractions (like \frac{1}{2} , \frac{1}{3} or \frac{1}{4} ). For \frac{2}{3} , they’d write \frac{1}{3} + \frac{1}{3} . How might they write \frac{5}{8} ?

Answer: \frac{1}{8} + \frac{1}{8} + \frac{1}{8} + \frac{1}{8} + \frac{1}{8} is correct. So is \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{8} .

Bonus: Which solution is better? Why? Can you find any more? What if subtractions are allowed?

Learn more about unit fractions here

11. everybody wants a pizza the action – hard.

An infinite number of mathematicians buy pizza. The first wants \frac{1}{2} pizza. The second wants \frac{1}{4} pizza. The third & fourth want \frac{1}{8} and \frac{1}{16} each, and so on. How many pizzas should they order?

Answer: 1 Each successive mathematician wants a slice that is exactly half of what is left:

12. Shade it black – hard

Type: Fractions, Reasoning, Problem Solving What fraction of this image is shaded black?

Answer: \frac{1}{3}

Look at the L-shaped part made up of two white and one black squares: \frac{1}{3} of this part is shaded. Zoom in on the top-right quarter of the image, which looks exactly the same as the whole image, and use the same reasoning to find what fraction of its L-shaped portion is shaded. Imagine zooming in to do the same thing again and again…

13. Giving is receiving – easy

Type: Number, Reasoning, Problem Solving

5 people give each other a present. How many presents are given altogether?

14. Sharing is caring – mixed

I have 20 sweets. If I share them equally with my friends, there are 2 left over. If one more person joins us, there are 6 sweets left. How many friends am I with?

Answer: 6 people altogether (so 5 friends!)

15. Times tables secrets – mixed

Type: Area, 2D Shape, Rectangles

Here are 77 letters:

BYHRCGNGNEOEAAHGHGCURPUTSTSASHHSBOBOREOPEEMEMEELATPEPEFADPHLTLTUT IEEOHOHLENRYTITIIAGBMTNTNFCGEIIGIG

How many different rectangular grids could you arrange all 77 letters into?

Answer: Four: 1⨉77, 77⨉1, 11⨉7 & 7⨉11. If the letters are arranged into one of these, a message appears, reading down each column starting from the top left.

Bonus: Can you find any more integers with the same number of factors as 77? What do you notice about these factors (think about prime numbers)? Can you use this system to hide your own messages?

16. Laugh it up – hard

Type: Multiples, Lowest Common Multiple, Times Tables, Division, Time

One friend jumps every \frac{1}{3} of a minute. Another jumps every 31 seconds. When will they jump together? Answer: After 620 seconds

17. Pictures of matchstick triangles – easy

Type: 2D Shapes, Equilateral Triangles, Problem Solving, Reasoning

Look at the matchsticks arranged below. How many equilateral triangles are there?

Answer: 13 (9 small, 3 medium, 1 large)

Bonus: What if the biggest triangle only had two matchsticks on each side? What if it had four?

18. Dissecting squares – mixed

Type: Reasoning, Problem Solving

What’s the smallest number of straight lines you could draw on this grid such that each square has a line going through it?

19. Make it right – mixed

Type: Pythagoras’ theorem

This triangle does not agree with Pythagoras’ theorem. 

Adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing each of the side lengths by the same integer can fix it. What is the integer?

Answer: 3 

8 – 3 = 5

The new side lengths are 3, 4 and 5 and  32 + 42 = 52.

20. A most regular maths question – hard

Type: Polygons, 2D Shapes, tessellation, reasoning, problem-solving, patterns

What is the regular polygon with the largest number of sides that will self-tessellate?

Answer: Hexagon.

Regular polygons tessellate if one interior angle is a factor of 360°. The interior angle of a hexagon is 120°. This is the largest factor less than 180°.

21. Pleased to meet you – easy

Type: Number Problem, Reasoning, Problem-Solving

5 people meet; each shakes everyone else’s hand once. How many handshakes take place?

Person A shakes 4 people’s hands. Person B has already shaken Person A’s hand, so only needs to shake 3 more, and so on.

Bonus: How many handshakes would there be if you did this with your class?

22. All relative – easy

Type: Number, Reasoning, Problem-Solving

When I was twelve my brother was half my age. I’m 40 now, so how old is he?

23. It’s about time – mixed

Type: Time, Reasoning, Problem-Solving

When is “8 + 10 = 6” true?

Answer: When you’re telling the time (8am + 10 hours = 6pm)

24. More than a match – mixed

Type: Reasoning, Problem-Solving, Roman Numerals, Numerical Notation

Here are three matches:

How can you add two more matches, but get eight? Answer: Put the extra two matches in a V shape to make 8 in Roman Numerals:

25. Leonhard’s graph – hard

Type: Reasoning, Problem-Solving, Logic

Leonhard’s town has seven bridges as shown below. Can you find a route around the town that crosses every bridge exactly once?

Answer: No!

This is a classic real life historical maths problem solved by mathematician Leonhard Euler (rhymes with “boiler”). The city was Konigsberg in Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). Not being able to find a solution is different to proving that there aren’t any! Euler managed to do this in 1736, practically inventing graph theory in the process.

Many of these 25 maths problems are rooted in real life, from everyday occurrences to historical events. Others are just questions that might arise if you say “what if…?”. The point is that although there are many lists of such problem solving maths questions that you can make use of, with a little bit of experience and inspiration you could create your own on almost any topic – and so could your students. 

For a kick-starter on creating your own maths problems, read our article on KS3 maths problem solving .

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With the last week of term finally upon us, I have collected together some of my favourite maths Christmas resources and activities from the TES Maths website. These are all freely available to download by registering on the website.

I hope you enjoy them, and you make it to the end of term in one piece!

1. The  Maths Christmas Activities booklet is crammed full of festive fun

2.  The “Who killed Santa?” mystery is a TES festive classic!

3.   GCSE Maths Christmas puzzles will keep your students thinking

4.  Try a bit of Christmas Countdown to keep the brain ticking over

5.   “Who Kidnapped Santa?” – Can you solve this maths mystery?

6.  There are bundles of quality in these maths Christmas worksheets

7.  Christmas and Tarsia – the perfect combination! 🙂

8. A Maths themed Christmas Quiz lesson

9. I have put together 11 Just for Fun Quiz rounds, including classics such as Xmas Song Lyrics, on my Diagnostic Questions website here

10. The wonderful Colleen Young has her own 2014 Maths Christmas Collection available here

Finally, here is my choice for the TES Maths Christmas Activity of the Year 2014:

You can download this lovely resource here

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