Math Warm-ups Teaching Resources
Download math warm-up activities, worksheets, and more to engage your students and ready them for the actual lesson in this teacher-created resource collection!
The math warm-ups in this collection include puzzles, task cards, games, sorting activities, and more. These math warm-ups give students opportunities to explore fundamental number concepts, such as the counting sequence, one-to-one correspondence, and computation strategies.
What Are Math Warm-Ups?
Math warm-ups are short, low-stakes activities that students do at the beginning of a math class to review and reinforce key concepts, skills and problem-solving strategies. Engaging math warm-ups can also encourage students to explore number combinations, place value, patterns, and other important mathematical concepts.
The goal is to engage students' minds and help them transition into math mode in your classroom while preparing them for the main lesson.
What Are Examples of Math Warm-Ups?
Looking to add a warm-up activity to your math lessons each day? You can keep it simple with quick math problems, reviewing formulas, working on word problems, or solving puzzles.
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Roll It! Operations Game
Use this fun game to practice all four operations and/or order of operations.
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Mini-Mystery – Which Key Opens the Door?
Use knowledge of 2-D shapes and right angles to solve the mystery in this fun, logic-based activity.
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Fall Math Worksheets - Addition to 99
Celebrate the coming of Fall and practice adding 2-digit numbers up to 99 with a set of four Fall color-by-number worksheets.
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5-Digit Place Value Card Game - Flip It!
A fun game for students to play in small groups to consolidate their understanding of place value to the ten thousands place.
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4-Digit Place Value Game - Interactive Review Activity
Review a variety of 3rd Grade place value standards with an engaging Google Slides Interactive Game!
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Integer Number Sentences - Tarsia Puzzle
Practice solving addition and subtraction number sentences involving integers with a printable Tarsia puzzle!
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Counting to 20 Cut and Paste Worksheet
Count objects within 20 and match the total to its written number on this 2-page cut-and-paste worksheet.
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Place Value Work Mat
Practice place value concepts with this work mat for students.
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3-Digit Place Value Warm-Up - Interactive PowerPoint
An engaging 44-slide interactive PowerPoint to use when learning about place value to 3-digits.
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I Have, Who Has? 4 Digit Place Value Game
Explore numbers up to 4-digits with this fun whole class place value game of 'I have, Who Has?'
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Skip Counting by 10s Dominoes
A set of dominoes to use in the classroom when learning to skip count by 10.
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2-D Shape Bingo
Engage your students while consolidate learning about 2D shapes, their names and properties with 2D Shape Bingo!
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2-Digit and 3-Digit Expanded Form Interactive Activity
Use this interactive activity with your students to practice expanded form through to the hundreds place.
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2-D Shapes and Their Attributes - Interactive PowerPoint
Practice identifying the attributes of different 2D shapes with this 90-slide interactive PowerPoint.
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Prime and Composite Number Sort
Identify prime and composite numbers by sorting 30 number cards into their proper category.
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Expanded Form Dominoes (3-Digit Numbers)
Use this set of dominoes when learning how to match 3-digit numbers written in standard form and expanded form.
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Addition and Subtraction Minute Math Booklet
Warm-up (or assess) with this 10-page booklet of addition and subtraction drills.
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3D Shapes Bingo
Learn the names of the most common 3D objects with this whole-class Bingo game.
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Moving Mathematics Activity - Skip Counting By Twos
A fun and active way to practice counting by 2s.
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Tangram Treats - Tangram Puzzles
Have fun learning about shapes with a set of 36 tangram task cards separated into three levels, along with two tangram cut-out templates.
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Race to 10,000 - Number Pattern Game
A fun game for students to play to practice place value and mentally adding multiples of 10, 100, and 1,000.
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4-Digit Place Value Card Game - Flip It!
A fun game for students to play in small groups to consolidate their understanding of place value to the thousands place.
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5-Digit Place Value Warm-Up - Interactive PowerPoint
An engaging 44-slide interactive PowerPoint to use when learning about place value to 5-digits.
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Place Value Bingo Game Numbers 0-10,000
Practice place value knowledge in numbers up to 10,000 with this set of bingo cards.