Worksheet
Curated OER

Secret Code

For Students 4th - 6th
In this division learning exercise, students divide one and two digit numbers and come up with a secret code at the end. Students complete 11 division problems.
App
Little 10 Robot

Operation Math Code Squad

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
Your mission, if you decide to accept it, is math skills practice. In this app, Mission Impossible meets basic number operation skills, and your students are the secret agents. 
Worksheet
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Challenge: Code Breaker

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Here is a code-breaker multiplication and division game which has learners find the missing letter in equations, then solve and use those letters to "break the code," which actually is the answer to a riddle. Make math fun with a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Code Cracking

For Teachers 5th - 8th
There is nothing more engaging than cracking a secret code! Middle schoolers will replace letters with numbers to solve problems. This game will help them to begin to understand algebra questions by finding the value of missing numbers....
Worksheet
Curated OER

Goldentail's Rounding Railroad

For Students 5th - 6th
In this number puzzle worksheet, students solve 24 equations in each of two sets of multiplication and division problems. They circle each answer and round them to the nearest whole number. They use the secret code that is shown in a box...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Secret Code

For Students 4th
In this division worksheet, 4th graders solve the 11 division equations and then match each number in the message with the division quotients. Students determine the message.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Minnesota Muskrat's Worldwide Adventures

For Students 5th
In this long division worksheet, 5th graders solve problems to decode a secret message. Students solve for 60 problems with some remainders and two digit quotients.
Worksheet
Math Salamanders Ltd.

Unit Fractions of Numbers 4

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
In this unit/fractions learning exercise, students find unit fractions of given numbers, then use a code grid to find a secret code word.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Solving Single-Step Word Problems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Math wizards learn the five-step plan to solve math word problems. They investigate the five-step process for solving word problems, and examine the use of code words for each of the operations and solve a problem using the strategies.
Worksheet
Curated OER

You Know the Answer: Math Riddle

For Students 3rd - 6th
Although the riddle is an outdated political reference, this math challenge is a good practice in operations and domain-specific vocabulary. Learners complete 18 problems, using multiplication, division, subtraction, and addition. Some...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Detective Digis and the Computer Caper

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Mathematicians participate in an hands-on activity to investigate the binary number system and write messages in binary code and have classmates decipher the messages. A said video on the topic does not seem to be available, but the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Clock Arithmetic and Cryptography

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Pupils perform basic operations in modular (clock) arithmetic. Students encode and decode messages using shift and affine ciphers. Pupils apply their multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction skills.
Worksheet
Curated OER

You Know the Answer

For Students 4th Standards
In this problem solving worksheet, 4th graders are given an answer to a question and must solve the mathematical problems to discover the secret question. Students solve for 18 problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication and...
Interactive
Scholastic

Scholastic: Math Facts

For Students 3rd - 5th
This one page website from Scholastic offers two math facts games and a secret code idea all to help you remember your math facts.