Mental math is a great way for kids to stretch their brains by solving math problems without pencils, paper, or calculators. There are a few ways to use these cards: Teacher Led: The teacher or a student leader reads a card out loud, line by line, giving time for students to mentally calculate each new step. Students then show their answers either with their fingers or by writing on individual white boards or tablets. This makes it easy for the teacher to quickly assess student answers. Alternatively, students could use one of the provided student answer sheets and the class could correct together, or if being used as an assessment, turn in for grading. In Pairs: Students take turns reading cards to each other. If you want students to record their answers, you could use one answer sheet and have one student do the odds and the other do the evens. Individually: Students work with each card on their own, recording answers on one of the provided answer sheets. You could also use for Scoot, Quiz, Quiz Trade, or other games.

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You may also want to consider: - Making your own Mental Math problems using numbers from your current areas of focus. For example if you are studying government, you could make up problems with the number of Supreme Court Justices or past presidents. - You could also have students make up their own Mental Math problems for you to read out loud to the class.

Included in this set are 104 task cards, three different answer sheets for you to choose from, an answer key, three challenge cards, and a title card that can be used to label the container/baggie you use to hold the cards.

Print this set out in color. For black and white printing, please use the included black line version. If you are printing in black and white, consider printing on colored paper. Simply print and cut along the guidelines. You can print them on card stock or laminate them to use them again and again.

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Start with the number 6.

Add a dozen.

Divide by 9.

Triple that number.

Start with the number 6.

Add a dozen.

Divide by 9.

Triple that number.

Start with the number 5.

Add the number of days in a week.

Double that number.

Divide by 8.

Start with the number 5.

Add the number of days in a week.

Double that number.

Divide by 8.

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Mental Math Task Cards created by Rachel Lynette, Copyright © 2010-2018. All rights reserved. http://www.rachel-lynette.com

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Start with the number 7.

Multiply by 3.

Round to the nearest ten.

Divide by 5.

Start with the number 7.

Multiply by 3.

Round to the nearest ten.

Divide by 5.

Start with the number 8.

Add 3/4 of a dozen.

Add 3.

Divide by 5.

Start with the number 8.

Add of a dozen.

Add 3.

Divide by 5.

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Start with the number 6.

Add a dozen.

Divide by 9.

Triple that number.

Start with the number 6.

Add a dozen.

Divide by 9.

Triple that number.

Start with the number 5.

Add the number of days in a week.

Double that number.

Divide by 8.

Start with the number 5.

Add the number of days in a week.

Double that number.

Divide by 8.

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Mental Math Task Cards created by Rachel Lynette, Copyright © 2010-2018. All rights reserved. http://www.rachel-lynette.com

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Start with the number 7.

Multiply by 3.

Round to the nearest ten.

Divide by 5.

Start with the number 7.

Multiply by 3.

Round to the nearest ten.

Divide by 5.

Start with the number 8.

Add 3/4 of a dozen.

Add 3.

Divide by 5.

Start with the number 8.

Add of a dozen.

Add 3.

Divide by 5.

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Challenge Card #3Challenge Card #2

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Mental Math Task Cards created by Rachel Lynette, Copyright © 2010-2018. All rights reserved. http://www.rachel-lynette.com

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Come up with your own four-step mental math problem where the answer is your shoe size.

Come up with your own four-step mental math problem where the answer is your shoe size.

Come up with your own four-step mental math problem where the answer is your age.

Come up with your own four-step mental math problem where the answer is your age.

Come up with your own four-step mental math problem where the answer is the number of people in your family.

Come up with your own four-step mental math problem where the answer is the number of people in your family.

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MENTAL MATH TASK CARDSMENTAL MATH TASK CARDSCard # Answer Card # Answer Card # Answer Card # Answer

1 6 27 2 53 8 79 9

2 4 28 7 54 4 80 2

3 3 29 3 55 9 81 6

4 4 30 2 56 1 82 4

5 3 31 8 57 8 83 8

6 9 32 9 58 8 84 6

7 6 33 5 59 6 85 7

8 7 34 3 60 7 86 8

9 7 35 8 61 9 87 9

10 4 36 9 62 1 88 3

11 3 37 6 63 6 89 5

12 7 38 3 64 4 90 9

13 8 39 5 65 8 91 2

14 8 40 6 66 5 92 3

15 2 41 2 67 9 93 6

16 3 42 2 68 1 94 5

17 3 43 4 69 5 95 1

18 8 44 3 70 5 96 5

19 6 45 6 71 3 97 6

20 3 46 5 72 4 98 7

21 5 47 6 73 8 99 8

22 3 48 4 74 4 100 7

23 6 49 5 75 4 101 3

24 7 50 7 76 2 102 4

25 7 51 9 77 5 103 6

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