National Hispanic Heritage Month: Math Funday Mystery Puzzle & Art Activity

This PDF Funday puzzle is an engaging warm-up activity connecting math and history. This puzzle celebrates National Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month.

• The questions relate to the birth years of Jennifer Lopez, Sonia Sotomayor, Roberto Clemente, Ellen Ochoa, Cesar Chavez, and Frida Kahlo.
• The math topics addressed include measurement conversions, the median, evaluating expression involving exponents, decimals, proportions, and order of operations in a real-world context.
• This resource also includes a special Middle School Math-Art Activity: The Mexican folk art form papel picado.

WHAT YOU WILL GET

• Printable student page along with annotated answer key page
• Related digital Easel activity, assignable through TpT and Google Classroom
• Five pages of teacher notes including complete solutions, Historical Notes on each individual, several extension ideas, and more
• A four-page extension art activity on papel picado

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