Easter Math Activities: Crossword and Word Search

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What's inside this resource

Math vocabulary and fact fluency are practiced through two Easter-themed puzzles. The crossword gives clue-based definitions for terms such as fraction, factor, hexagon, congruent, obtuse, quotient, right (angle), and sphere, which students solve across a numbered grid, with a fully completed answer key included. The companion word search has students first solve twenty multiplication and division facts, such as 7 x 4 and 64 ÷ 8, and then locate each numeric answer hidden within a letter grid, again with a completed answer key provided for the teacher. Both puzzles are credited to Teachers R Us Homeschool (2016) in a copyright line printed on every page. As a self-contained two-activity packet, it works as independent seatwork, a math center, or a lighter review activity around the Easter holiday.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Define and apply math vocabulary terms including fraction, factor, quotient, hexagon, octagon, and congruent.
Solve multiplication and division facts and locate the correct numeric answers within a word search grid.
Distinguish between related geometry vocabulary, such as obtuse vs. right angles or area vs. perimeter.

Teaching tips

Use the crossword as a vocabulary review before a geometry or fractions unit test, since it covers terms from multiple math strands in one puzzle.
Have students complete the multiplication/division facts on separate scratch paper first, then use the word search as a self-checking step once they search for their calculated answers.
Use the two activities as a two-day math center rotation around the Easter holiday rather than assigning both in a single sitting.

Skills covered

Math vocabulary application — students match definitions to terms like factor, quotient, congruent, and hexagon in a crossword format.
Multiplication and division fact fluency — students solve 20 basic facts and verify their answers by locating them in a word search.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

3.OA.C.7 — Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division (e.g., knowing that 8 × 5 = 40, one knows 40 ÷ 5 = 8) or properties of operations. By the end of Grade 3, know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.

Core concepts

math vocabulary
multiplication facts
division facts
geometry terms

Topics

Easter math April math holiday math worksheet Easter word search math

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