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Spooky sums Halloween math games

05/10/2017 by Cathy James Leave a Comment

Here’s a frightfully fun set of spooky sums – a great Halloween maths game!

halloween math games

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Spooky sums Halloween math games

These spooky little ghosts are a fun way to practise some maths facts with your children this Halloween. You can make a set to match whatever maths stage your child is working at – and they come with a little fun ‘magic’ to reveal the answers.

 

halloween math games

 

Start by preparing a sheet of spooky ghosts, by drawing some on a piece of paper using a permanent marker. Above each ghost, write a maths sum suitable for your child. I always like to make the first few quite easy, but include some trickier ones too, so the children get a bit of a challenge.

Then, using a white wax crayon, write the answer to each question inside the ghosts. Don’t press too hard, as you want the answers to stay ‘hidden’.

 

math games for halloween

 

Then give your child the sheet of spooky sums and a pencil, so they can write down their answers next to each ghost.

 

halloween math games

 

When they’re done and they want to check their answers, it’s time for some ‘magic’. Using some watered down black paint, they can wash over the top of the ghosts, to reveal the secret hidden answers! {the wax crayon resists the water paint and shows up clearly against the black}

 

halloween math games

To make the math games easier:

Just alter the math sums to suit your child. Keep the addition to smaller numbers, or ask ‘what’s one more than…’

To make the math games harder:

Increase the difficulty of the sums, including division and times tables, and using larger numbers.

You could also have the children prepare their own spooky sums sheets, swapping them with a sibling or classmate and answering each others. Thinking of a maths question can be more of a challenge than answering one.

 

 

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Make your Halloween fun and easy with the Super Fun, Not Scary Halloween Unit. A complete unit of Halloween resources including math, science, literacy, play, art, craft, and sensory, with lots of bonus printables.

No monsters, vampires, zombies, ghosts or mummies - just lots of Halloween fun and learning!

Click here to download your pack.

 

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