Using Math Challenges to Help Build Kids’ Problem-Solving Skills
If you want to give your students more opportunities to practice their problem-solving skills using math challenges, you’re in the right place!
You can download your free copy of the Building Math Minds 2024 Conference handout for my Math Challenges session below:
Here’s another FREE resource to help you get started with Math Challenges in your learning space:
This fun and engaging resource includes 12 task cards to help your students practice their critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
If you want some pre-made and ready-to-use math challenge activities to try with your students, take a look at these ones that are available in my TpT store:
This set of engaging maths challenge problems encourages your students to think critically using multiple perspectives as they figure out the solutions at their own pace, using their own preferred strategies.
Get your students applying their knowledge of the basic operations with this set of number pattern task cards!
This number sense puzzle resource helps students improve their skills in number logic and in understanding the value of numbers in the real world. Students are given a story and need to fill in the numbers that would make the most sense in the context of that story.
While you’re here, you can also read more about using math challenges with your students through the following blog posts:
4 Fun Math Challenges to Help Build Kids’ Problem-Solving Skills
5 Fun Maths Problem-Solving Activities for Elementary Students
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