Open Ended Math Questions | Math Challenges with an Animal Theme

These open ended math questions will provide math challenges that your students will be excited to solve! These open ended questions are easy to differentiate and will promote questioning, estimation, strategies, communication and planning.

Skills Include:

• questioning
• making an organized plan
• using a variety of strategies
• communicating results
• estimation
• addition and multiplication
• creative thinking
• productive risk taking in math

What's Included:

• 11 different open ended math challenge problems (PLUS- one bonus question for each main problem to extend the challenge even further)
• question poster for each problem
• helpful hints sheet for each problem
• 2-page student response sheet for each problem
• solutions/possible answers
• a sample problem that can be used to introduce the open ended questions to your class

These problem can be used:

• individually
• with partners
• as a parent volunteer activity
• as a whole class
• as enrichment for those who want an extra challenge
• as a fun family project
• as high interest work for early finishers
• as part of a math center

Your kids will be proud of their ability to solve challenging problems, write a concise summary of their conclusion, and learn some interesting information along the way!

Challenging, creative, fun, high interest and full of math skills!

Incorporates all 8 of the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice!

Please look at the preview to see samples of what is included

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