Are You Ready to Celebrate National Cake Day in Your Math Classroom?

National Cake Day is celebrated on November 26th every year!

You can celebrate this sweet holiday at home by indulging in a piece of cake (cheesecake is my favorite, while carrot cake is my least). And you can celebrate with your math students in your classroom with two brand new cake day math puzzles for kids in 3rd through 8th grade.

Looking for more holiday-themed math puzzles?

The puzzles are easy to print and are 100% free!

The 1st National Cake Day Activity is a Multiplication Table Puzzle.

The 2nd National Cake Day Activity is an Order of Operations Puzzle.

You can include these activities in your math lessons as warm-ups and/or cool-downs, transitions, extra credit assignments, and as homework.

1.) National Cake Day Multiplication Table Puzzle

Multiplication Table puzzles challenge students to apply their understanding of multiplication and fact fluency to find the value of the different symbols. It is possible that multiple symbols can have the same value. These kinds of puzzles can be read like bingo tables, where the value or symbol in each box represents the product of the corresponding column and row.

*Keep reading to see the solution.

2.) National Cake Day Order of Operations Puzzle

The second puzzle calls on students to apply their understanding of the order of operations, mathematical reasoning skills, and logical thinking to find the value of each symbol and the ‘?’ in the puzzle below.

Learn More: Why is GEMS the Best Way to Teach Order of Operations?

*Keep reading to see the solution.

Today’s Cake Day Math Activities are samples from the best-selling Mashup Math workbook 101 Math Challenges for Engaging Your Students in Grades 3-8.

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