“Loving how well organized, thoughtful, and clear every one of your resources are!” ~ a learning specialist

Arizona Math Standard: 1.OA.B.3

Apply properties of operations (commutative and associative properties of addition) as strategies to add and subtract through 20. (Students need not use formal terms for these properties.)

Broken Calculator: 2-Digit Addition Gr 1-4
Broken Calculator: 2-Digit Subtraction Gr 1-4
Adding and Subtracting Fruit
Adding and Subtracting Fruit
Use super cute fruit to introduce algebraic thinking to your young math students.
Gr 1, 2, 6
Back to School Math Worksheets
Back to School Math Worksheets
In these math problems, the solution is already given. But another number is missing!
Gr 1-6
Contig
Contig
Roll three dice and combine them using any mathematical operation. But be strategic to maximize your points!
Gr 1-4
Spring Math Worksheets: Addition and Subtraction
Spring Math Worksheets: Addition and Subtraction
Four sets of 2-digit and 3-digit addition and subtraction practice. But the unknown isn’t where you expect it to be!
Gr 1-4
Math Curiosity: Magic Triangles
Math Curiosity: Magic Triangles
Can you make each side of this triangle add up to 9 using the digits 1-6?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 8
How Many Will There Be? Earthworm
How Many Will There Be? Earthworm
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 3-5
How Many Will There Be? Courtyard
How Many Will There Be? Courtyard
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 2-6
How Many Will There Be? Checkerboard
How Many Will There Be? Checkerboard
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 3-5
How Many Will There Be? Squares in Squares
How Many Will There Be? Squares in Squares
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 2-5
How Many Will There Be? Pyramids
How Many Will There Be? Pyramids
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 2-4
How Many Will There Be? Stairs
How Many Will There Be? Stairs
Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.
Gr 1-5
Game: Number Scrabble
Game: Number Scrabble
What if we played Tic-Tac-Toe with numbers and instead of three-in-a-row, we add up to 15? Well… then we’d have Number Scrabble!
Gr 1-5
Addition: 3 Digits Plus 2 Digits (Multiple Solutions)
Addition: 3 Digits Plus 2 Digits (Multiple Solutions)
Typical practice problems don’t move students up Bloom’s Taxonomy. With this framework, you’ll see kids stop and really think about how to approach multi-digit addition.
Gr 1-4
Subtraction: 3 Digits Minus 2 Digits (Single Solution)
Subtraction: 3 Digits Minus 2 Digits (Single Solution)
Typical practice problems don’t move students up Bloom’s Taxonomy. With this framework, you’ll see kids stop and really think about how to approach multi-digit subtraction.
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Math Curiosity: A Pattern Packed Triangle
Math Curiosity: A Pattern Packed Triangle
Pascal’s pattern-packed triangle is a potent puzzle for pupils to ponder.
Gr 3-5
Math Curiosity: Goldbach’s Conjecture
Math Curiosity: Goldbach’s Conjecture
Can any even number be written as the sum of two primes? Goldbach thought so, but we haven’t proven it… yet!
Gr 1-5
Evens and Odds – Addition and Subtraction
Evens and Odds – Addition and Subtraction
When we’re adding and subtracting, do evens make odds into evens? Do odds make evens odd? Which one has… more power!?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 7
Create Your Own Operation
Create Your Own Operation
The commutative and associative properties are a whole lot more interesting when you apply them to a mathematical operation that you created!
Gr 1-7
How Many Ways: Times Equals Minus
How Many Ways: Times Equals Minus
How many different ways can you make this math statement true using only the digits one through nine?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
How Many Ways: Order of Operations 1
How Many Ways: Order of Operations 1
How many different ways can you make this math statement true using only the digits one through nine?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
Math Curiosity: Magic Squares
Math Curiosity: Magic Squares
Imagine a 3×3 square in which every row, column, and diagonal have the same sum. That’s a magic square!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 7
Math Curiosity: Odds & Squares
Math Curiosity: Odds & Squares
Why does the sum of the first 5 odds also equal 5 squared?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Math Curiosity: Waring’s Conjecture
Math Curiosity: Waring’s Conjecture
So, can you write every odd (greater than 3) as the sum of three primes?
Gr 1-5
Math Curiosity: Primes and Squares
Math Curiosity: Primes and Squares
Can any perfect square be written as the sum of two primes?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
Math Curiosity: Palindromic Number Conjecture
Math Curiosity: Palindromic Number Conjecture
Using this one weird trick, it seems that you can turn any number into a palindrome!
Gr 1-5
The Game of 100
The Game of 100
Who can get to 100 first in this simple, but delightful, math game?
Gr 1-4
Math Curiosity: Collatz Conjecture
Math Curiosity: Collatz Conjecture
The Collatz Conjecture: start with any number and get to 1 using just two rules. It seems to always work…
Gr 1-6