St Patrick's Day Mini Math Mysteries 5th Grade Printable & Digital Activities
This 5th Grade St Patrick's Day Math Packet contains TEN fun Mini-Math Mysteries in printable and digital formats! This resource is ideal for 5th grade or any class working with the math skills and content listed below. It is also distance learning-friendly with a digital option for the worksheets on Google Slides provided.
Mini-Math Mysteries are a fun game-like one-page activity to practice math skills. They are a condensed version of a mystery and follow a simple elimination structure where students will use their answers to eliminate possibilities. The mystery story is short (a couple of sentences to a paragraph), and unlike my regular mysteries, there are no clue messages or video hooks for these. I've designed these for educators who want something quick and short to assign to students while keeping it fun!
☘️ Math Skills Covered in this 5th Grade St Patrick's Day Mystery Packet ☘️
- Volume of rectangles with unit cubes
- Long multiplication: Multiply triple-digit by double-digit numbers
- Add & Subtract decimals
- Writing numerical expressions
- Adding & Subtracting fractions with unlike denominators
- Mixed operations word problems
- Multiply a whole number by a fraction
- Fraction word problems
- Measuring angles (protractor required – digital protractor provided in Google Slides option)
- Calculating the volume of rectangular prisms using the formula L x W x H
Multiple Uses:
- Math Center Task
- Consolidation task
- Practice and Review Task
- Early-Finisher Task
- Homework
- Distance Learning friendly
Prep:
- Print the mystery worksheet page, make as many copies as you need for your kids, and the activity is ready to go!
- Click on the Google Slide Link of the Mystery Worksheet you would like your students to complete. Then make a copy for each student and assign it via Google Classroom.
Optional:
Printable awards and brag tags are included to give to your Student Detectives after solving the mystery.
☘️ Mini-Mystery Titles in this St Patrick's Day Packet ☘️
- The Case of the Lazy Leprechaun
- The Case of the Stolen Pot of Gold
- The Case of the Shamrock Sham
- The Case of the Mischievous Leprechaun
- The Case of the Crazy Charm Criminal
- The Case of the Pot of Goo
- The Case of the Sneaky Shenanigans
- The Case of the Rainbow Rogue
- The Case of the Kidnapped Leprechaun
- The Case of the Destructive Dancer
Each of these titles is a one-page mystery worksheet that will focus on one or two of the math skills listed.
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HOW TO USE
Each student receives a card and must create a math word problem that will result to the information given on that card. After the creating part, students swap their St Patrick's Day math word problems with other students. Once students complete the word problem, they check in with the creator to see if they answered it correctly!
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Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Slides option provided within your download.
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Simplifying Fractions Math Mystery: Case of the Shogun's Sword - 5th Grade Edition
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EASY PREP, print and solve! Or go paperless with the worksheets also on Google Slides.
⭐Optional video hook included for introducing the case!
⭐BONUS: Ending video added to wrap up the case!
Students must complete math worksheets to unlock clues. Then, use their powers of deduction to narrow down the list of possibilities to solve the mystery case!
Number Patterns Review Math Mystery: Case of the Poisonous Pizzas - 5th Grade Edition
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Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Docs option provided within your download.
NEW - Distance Learning Update: I've added a Word Document within the folder that contains a Google Slides link to share this resource with your students via Google Classroom or Drive. Parts of the pages are editable so that your students can complete without having to print the pages. Please note, you will need to make a copy of the Google Slides to your drive before you can edit.
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Division Review Math Mystery: Case of the Divided Dragons - 5th Grade Edition
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Students must complete math worksheets to unlock clues. Then, use their powers of deduction to narrow down the list of possibilities to solve the mystery case!
NEW (optional) Ending Video Clip added to use after your students solve the mystery! (Please note that ending videos are currently not available in all of my mystery products.)
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Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Slides option provided within your download.
Students must complete math worksheets to unlock clues. Then, use their powers of deduction to narrow down the list of possibilities to solve the mystery case!
Video Hook and Ending Video included.