Multiplication Facts Escape Room Adventures

As elementary math teachers, one of our primary goals is to create a classroom environment where students are actively engaged in learning and exploring mathematical concepts. One of the best ways to achieve this is by setting up math stations—a dynamic, hands-on approach that allows students to rotate between different …

The Unseen World of Non-Repeating, Non-Terminating Decimals Irrational numbers are one of the most fascinating concepts in mathematics. They are numbers that cannot be expressed as a simple fraction of two integers. Unlike rational numbers (which can be written as fractions like 1/2, 3/4, etc.), irrational numbers have infinite decimal …

Nature isn’t just a feast for the eyes—it’s also a wonderful classroom for learning math! From the symmetry of flowers to the spirals of seashells, nature is full of mathematical wonders. Here are a few concepts that can be taught simply by observing the natural world: Symmetry Symmetry is everywhere …

Pi (π) is one of the most famous numbers in mathematics, appearing in formulas across geometry, physics, engineering, and even nature. But why does this seemingly simple ratio—approximately 3.14159—hold such immense importance, and where did it come from? The History of Pi The concept of pi has been known for …

A Fun, Low-Prep digital activity for Review, Practice, and critical thinking As teachers, we know that spiral review is key to helping students retain math skills over time and to finding the connections between concepts. The idea of Math Trivia came as a need for an engaging, low-prep resource that …

Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year, and I love to use all kinds of Halloween-themed math games, puzzles, and other practice activities in the classroom. Today I would like to share some more games and activities ideas with a Halloween theme to practice arrays and multiplication …

Introducing divisibility rules early on equips children with problem-solving strategies that improve computational fluency and number sense. Simplifying Calculations: Divisibility rules make it easier to determine if one number can be divided by another without doing a long division. For example, knowing a number is divisible by 2 if it’s …

 Math curriculums today typically use one of two types of teaching methods: spiral or mastery. A spiral approach presents a new concept, provides practice on that concept, and then moves to another skill. Each skill is reviewed and revisited throughout math levels, always adding to prior learning. The Mastery Method is …

We have already discussed mental math strategies for addition and subtraction as well as mental math strategies for multiplication in previous posts. Today we will talk about division strategies that not only help students solve problems quickly but most importantly they help them gain a conceptual understanding of numbers and …

Using Mental Math strategies means solving a math problem mentally using a conceptual understanding of the numbers. Teaching Mental math Strategies to students is very important as it develops their flexible thinking and boosts their confidence in math. Being able to use the multiplication properties to apply mental math strategies …

Today I would like to share a new fun digital game to practice factors, multiples, division, and multiplication facts. This game is called “Nomber Man” and is a puzzle/maze game. The players need to create a path through the maze while avoiding the traps. The difficulty level increases as you …

For your convenience here are all our Halloween games and activities together to explore. Halloween games Addition/Subtraction Numbers 1-100 Halloween Games – Multiplication/Division facts Halloween Puzzles and Math Talks Halloween Games-Memory Match-Arrays Halloween Activities -Multiplication Properties, Arrays, Facts Halloween Activities-Addition/Subtraction, 2-digit numbers Halloween Digital Activities- Forming numbers, Quantities, Number Sense …

Multi-digit multiplication is considered one of the most “challenging” concepts to teach students. The reason for this view is, in my opinion, the fact that understanding multi-digit multiplication requires students to have gained a deep understanding of place value, and the multiplication properties. As the digits increase the process of …

Today we want to share our latest web game/activity”Missing Numbers”. “Missing Numbers” is a free interactive game on the multiplication table. The goal is to place all the missing numbers in the correct position on the table. It’s perfect for virtual learning and a great way to practice multiplication facts, …

Multiplication facts fluency is very important as it is the base for many concepts like multi-digit multiplication, equivalent fractions, division, and, much more. Multiplication facts practice deserves time and effort. Rushing into drills that promote meaningless memorization with endless repetition will not help in the long run. Allow students to …

As per your request here are all the multiplication and division games together for easier access. Each link will take you to the post for each game where you can find the instructions and the free print and digital version. For some games the post might include the addition/subtraction version …

A strong conceptual understanding of division will help build students’ confidence and a strong foundation to base multi-digit division and division of decimals and fractions. The first step is to make sure that students understand what is division. Ask your students to explain what is division and find out what is …

Below you will find all of the winter holidays/Christmas activities Mathcurious has to offer this year. Print and digital activity cards, math games and 2 digital “build and decorate a gingerbread creation” activities. Winter Holidays Digital Activity cards grades 1/2 Winter Holidays Digital Activity cards – grades 3/4 and 4,5,6 …

This is a holiday-themed scavenger hunt game to practice some basic skills. This game can be played in two ways and of course, you can adjust the rules and make the game more or less challenging. The game is available in print and google slides version. Game 1: Practice addition …

Grades 2,3,4 Arrays are a great way to introduce multiplication in grade 2 and 3. Playing with arrays will help students model multiplication as repeated addition and understand the properties of multiplication. It is very important that we help students visualize and understand multiplication early on so that we build …