Worksheet
Curated OER

Birthday Candles

For Students Pre-K - K
In this number recognition and counting instructional activity, students cut apart number cards from 1 to 30, as well as birthday candles. Students draw a card, read the number, and put that many candles on the cake.
Worksheet
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Critical Thinking Problems

For Students Pre-K - K
Young mathematicians practice their reasoning as well as adding and subtracting skills with this activity that includes five simple word problems about birthdays. Learners are give pictures of birthday cakes and based on the number of...
Lesson Plan
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Birthday Presents: How to Give and Receive

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners discuss giving and receiving presents at a birthday party. In this social skills lesson plan, students practice using manners when giving and receiving gifts. This lesson plan also has other interdisciplinary activities that can...
Lesson Plan
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Birthday Graph

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore graphs.  In this graphing math instructional activity, students record the birthdays of each classmate on a data table.  Students cut out and add a picture of a birthday cake to a floor or wall pictograph...
Assessment
Mathematics Assessment Project

Candle Box

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
Individuals draw a net for a hexagonal pyramid — with some stipulations. The net must contain the printed images so they appear correctly on the box, along with tabs to glue the box together. 
Lesson Plan
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Happy Birthday Class

For Teachers 1st
First graders study each other's birthdays in graph form.
Worksheet
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Counting 1-9 - Drawing Birthday Candles

For Students K
In this counting worksheet, students draw candles pictures of a cupcake according to the number written on each. They circle the cupcake that has the same number of candles as their age.
Worksheet
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Number Stories: Birthday Cakes

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this counting practice worksheet, students read the sentence about the birthday story and draw a line to show how many candles have been blown out in the 3 examples.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Donald's Birthday Cake

For Students K - 1st
In this math worksheet, learners use birthday candles on a birthday cake for counters. Students count up and down to find the age of the person in their word problem.  
Lesson Plan
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Birthdays

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students collect data about the birth months of each classmate using a calendar. They make a table with the information before designing a pictograph using cupcake images. They answer questions using the graph.
Interactive
Curated OER

Happy Birthday

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this number recognition activity, students view illustrations of birthday cakes and count the number of candles on the cake. Students answer 20 true or false questions based on the number of candles.
Interactive
Scholastic

Study Jams! Addition & Subtraction Equations

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Zoe is decorating a cake for her grandpa's birthday and needs to know how many more candles to add. Follow along as she explains how to set up and solve algebraic equations in this step-by-step presentation. Equations with negative...
Lesson Plan
Resources for Early Childhood

Making Math Meaningful and Enjoyable

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
Your young learners will enjoy mathematics that is meaningful correspondence as they play their way to a deep mathematical foundation. Organized around the math standards, this appropriate sequence of conceptual, preschool...
Worksheet
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Write Your Own Word Problem!

For Students K - 2nd
These addition word problems are written out in boxes that lend themselves to laminating and cutting out for a math station. There are 8 scenarios in all, each with an image and prompting learners to use the single-digit information to...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Use the Associative Property

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this multiplication practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems that require them to use the associative property.
Worksheet
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Relate Multiplication and Division

For Students 3rd - 4th
Six situations are explained in words. Arithmetic aces translate them into number sentences, and then they create fact families for each. This exercise is an efficient method for reinforcing multiplication and division skills. Assign it...
Worksheet
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Problem Solving Strategies

For Students 7th - 8th
In this problem solving strategies worksheet, students solve and complete 14 different word problems that include determining distance and various measurements. First, they determine the order in which girls named finished a race. Then,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Relate Counting to Addition and Subtraction

For Students 1st - 2nd
Find 10 simple word problems that require addition and subtraction skills. Although these offer clear math procedure, the grammar isn't perfect. The highest number your learners encounter here is 40, and each question has room for...
Worksheet
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Not So Snappy 4

For Students 5th - 8th
In this order of operations (i.e., addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) worksheet, students solve 4 word problems demonstrating their understanding of the concept.
Lesson Plan
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Not So Snappy 4

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this math worksheet, students work out the word problems in an attempt to use the skills of logic and deduction to arrive at the correct solution.
Lesson Plan
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Exploring Number

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete activities to study the number 5 and the concept of fiveness. In this number recognition instructional activity, students recite finger rhymes and participate in activities to learn about the number 5. Students complete...
Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Birthday Candle Counting

For Students Pre-K - K
Birthday Candle Counting is a fun educational game for kids to practice counting 1-10. Children are asked to count the number of candles to determine how old a child is. All questions are read aloud and verbal feedback is given for all...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Peg + Cat: Games: Make the Cake

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Help make a birthday cake by selecting the type of cake, dividing it into pieces, decorating each piece with fruit, and adding the candles.