✏️Ready for Halloween Math Worksheets?

Who says long division has to be boring?  Who says math has to be scary? We’re here to help you excite your most reluctant students this Halloween with these spooky and funny long division worksheets for fourth and fifth grade students. Each of the three worksheets features a riddle and a secret code to decipher to find the answer to a punny joke. Perfect for math instruction or as a fun activity for kids to do on their own as well!

Help students master division and have a bit of spooky (and silly) fun this Halloween. With the Riddle Me ! Division worksheets, students will solve a series of 4-digit divided by 1-digit equations. Then they will use their answers to decode the hidden answer to a spooktacularly “punny” Halloween riddle.

By completing this activity, students demonstrate the ability to solve four digit division problems.

An answer key is included with your Halloween math puzzles to make grading fast and easy!

Division Worksheet Differentiation + Scaffolding 

In addition to independent student work time, use this worksheet as an activity for:

• Guided math groups
• Lesson warm-up
• Lesson wrap-up
• Fast finishers
• Homework assignment
• Halloween Math Activity

🆘 Support Struggling Students

Help students who need help understanding the concepts by providing a multiplication chart. Additionally, provide access to previous assignments, as well as posters and anchor charts for students to recall past lessons.

➕ Challenge Fast Finishers

Challenge fast finishers to create their own secret code and riddle activity.

No-Prep Halloween Math

Use the dropdown icon on the Download button to choose between the PDF or editable Google Slides version of this resource.

Because this resource includes an answer sheet, we recommend you print one copy of the entire file. Then, make photocopies of the blank worksheet for students to complete.

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This resource was created by Cassandra Friesen, a Colorado teacher and Teach Starter collaborator.

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