Grades 3–5
Morning Brain Teasers
Eight logic and word brain teasers for 3rd to 5th grade morning work, from number riddles to a who-sits-where puzzle, with an answer key.
Classroom management printable · Daily morning work
A Week of Morning Warm-Ups: 3rd to 5th Grade
Five days of four-problem warm-ups for 3rd to 5th grade: multiplication and division, rounding, fractions, perimeter and a Friday puzzle.
- Grade level
- Grades 3–5
- Time
- About 10 minutes
- Topic
- Daily morning work
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Independent work, Spiral review, Starting the day calmly
What kids do
“Do one box each morning, Monday to Friday. Four quick problems a day, then a Friday challenge.”
Printed on the sheet:
- 4. Round 1,483 to the nearest
- 3. Perimeter of a 6 by 4 rectangle:
- 4. Circle the larger fraction: 3/4 or
- 4. Write 3/10 as a decimal:
- 5. I am a number between 40 and 50.
Words on this sheet
MondayTuesdayFridayFriday challenge
Sample problems
- 6 × 8 =
- 9 × 7 =
- 72 ÷ 9 =
- 700 − 245 =
- 256 + 389 =
- 1/2 =
Teacher tip
Time the warm-ups at five minutes so they stay quick, and save the review for the start of math.
How to use it
- Have the page on desks before kids arrive so they can start right away.
- Go over the answers together at the start of the lesson.
- Slide it into a sheet protector and use a dry-erase marker to reuse it all year.
Watch for
Kids who arrive late and feel rushed. Let them finish at another time.
Talk about it
- What did you remember from last week?
- How can this help you be ready to learn?
Take it further
Let early finishers write their own problem for tomorrow’s page.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
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