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Halloween is coming, and it’s a great time to bring some weird fun in your math class! By weaving in Halloween themes for pumpkin, candy corn and other festivals, teachers can turn learning into seasonal fun. Whether you are teaching, middle school or high school, try one of these Halloween math activities to achieve a good course.
Halloween math activities for elementary school students
Math practice doesn’t have to be boring, especially during Halloween. Explore these creative Halloween math games and activities that will surely help improve students’ digital awareness and problem-solving skills.
Candy Corn Mathematics
Candy-themed activities are always popular with students, so why not use them for math classes? These activities are perfect for math centers, groups, morning work or fun theme days in the fall. The best part is that your students don’t even know they are studying because they’ll be busy having fun.
Candy Corn Activities Autumn Mathematics – Halloween Mathematics Activities – Kindergarten Mathematics
By Crystal Micginnis
Results: Prek-1st
Standards: CCSS K.CC.B.4, B.4B, C.6, C.7; K.Md.A.2; K.OA.A.1, A.3, A.5; KGB 5
Get your kindergarten or first-year students excited about math with these nine corn-themed activities and games! Ideal for centers, groups or Halloween parties in October, this set makes learning math even more festive.
Candy Corn Mathematics – Halloween Mathematics
How many seconds will it take for me to
Results: Prek-1st
Give your students a fun way to practice basic math skills! This candy corn themed activity set is perfect for kindergartens and first grades to make learning hands-on. Some activities use real candy corn (or the included paper cut), while others don’t require candy at all – so you can choose what’s best for the classroom.
Candy Corn Halloween Mathematics Ship is used to count, increase or make ten
Sunny day to first grade
Results: K-2nd
This hands-on activity helps students practice counting, increasing and using ten frames for ten frames. Includes three craft options, it is ideal for skill review, weekend entertainment and even child days. Easy-to-follow instructions and templates make preparation a breeze!
Multiplication Candy Corn Crafts: Halloween Fall Mathematics Colorful Worksheet Alternative
Hojo’s teaching adventure
Results: Third place
Standard: CCSS 3.OA.C.7
These candy corn multiplication math puzzles make it easy and quick to provide hands-on math games that meet all student needs. Always use them when you need to do fun math activities in the fall.
Haunted House Project-based Learning
Senior primary school students can delve into more complex mathematical concepts by designing their own haunted houses. These activities combine critical thinking and problem solving through project-based learning.
Design Haunted House | Halloween Mathematics Grade 3 | Halloween Mathematics Project
I want to be a super teacher
Level: Second place
Standard: CCSS MP1, MP4, MP5, MP6
Bring Halloween fun into your classroom with this differentiated haunted math project, bringing reading, math and problem solving together! Students can use measurements, perimeters and areas to design their own weird mansions. It includes an editable template for introduction letters, room details, and a luxury home map so you can customize it for your class.
Design Halloween project learning math activities based on haunted house
Courses approved by kittens
Results: 4-6 years old
Standards: CCSS 4.NBT.A.1, A.3, B.4, B.5, B.6; 5.NBT.A.4, B.5, B.7; 4.NF.A.2, b.3a, b.3d
A fun, flexible way to practice real-world math skills in October this year! Due to the multiple levels of challenge, the project can also use all numbers and decimals to attract students, subtraction, multiplication, splitting and estimation.
Design a haunted house writing Halloween PBL math and writing project
Shelly Rees
Results: 4-6 years old
Standards: CCSS 4.NBT.B.4, B.7, W.4.1, W.4.4, W.4.7, W.5.1, W.5.4, W.5.4, W.5.7, SL.4.1, SL.4.4, SL.5.1, SL.5.1, SL.5.4, SL.6.6.6.6.4.6.4, SL.6.6.4.4
This Halloween project brings together real-life math, reading and writing skills as students plan and design their own haunted houses and then convince others to visit their weird attractions! This is a perfect combination of creativity and academia for advanced events in October.
Design Haunted House | Learning based on digital projects | Architecture | Mathematics
By Gater Educator – Kris Prince
Grade: 5th to 8th years
Standards: CCSS W.5.1, W.6.1, W.7.1, W.8.1; WHST.6-8.7, 6-8.9
With this advanced engagement, the cross-course event makes Halloween week memorable! This project-based monster learning unit is filled with ghostly fun, critical thinking and real-world connections, allowing students to think like architects, designers and storytellers while covering key reading, math, writing, and STEM skills.
Halloween math activities for middle school students
Even in middle and high schools, seasonal entertainment can keep students involved for a long way. Halloween math games and activities on these themes not only establish math fluency, but also encourage collaborative and critical thinking in fresh and relevant ways.
Halloween coordinate chart
Through coordinate graph activities, students are given an ordered set of coordinate planes to draw coordinate planes. Once it is completed correctly, a mysterious Halloween image will appear! This type of activity enhances students’ understanding of coordinate planes and helps them improve drawing accuracy.
Halloween Events | Mysterious Pictures of Coordinates Graphics | Halloween Mathematics
Kristine Nannini
Results: 4th to 9th
Mysterious pictures of coordinate plane graphics are the ideal way for students to practice those boring and ordered pairs of graphics skills without being bored. This is an instant event and is perfect for early finisher events, enrichment events or Halloween bulletin boards. Students will be so dedicated when building their own mysterious pictures that they won’t even realize their efforts in math skills!
Halloween Mathematics Copy Web Coordinate Chart
By Hayley Cain – Post-Mathematics Activities
Results: Fifth to 9
Standard: CCSS 5.GA1; 6.NS.C.8
With this coordinate graph activity, students draw points to reveal spiders and web design. This activity is a perfect blend of math and creativity, perfect for fall or Halloween, bringing students to life!
Halloween four quadrant coordinates plane pictures | Interesting math activities
Resources from Sky Lantern
Grade: 6th to 8th
Standard: CCSS 6.NS.C.6, 6C
A fun and easy way to build graphic confidence, this is this Halloween! Students draw order pairs to reveal hidden Halloween images while practicing their skills using coordinate floor plans.
Draw points in coordinate plane Halloween group or partner event
Through mathematical requirements
Grade: 6th to 8th
Fun and flexible Halloween companions or group events! Students draw points to reveal parts of the spider web – When all four graphs are grouped together, the network grows large and impressive. You can have students work in pairs (each graph) or four groups (each graph) (one group) to meet your classroom needs. Plus, these spider webs were in a stunning bulletin board show in October!
Halloween Mathematics Mystery
Middle and high school students love solving mysteries, and Halloween season is the ideal time to combine math with some conspiracy. In these activities, students must use their math skills to solve clues to Halloween-themed mysteries.
Halloween math activities in middle school, 6th, 8th grade algebra
Lauren Fulton
Results: No. 6 to 9
This challenge is perfect for middle school students, turning math exercises into exciting mystery and teamwork games. In this Halloween math game, students become suspects of Halloween party and must jointly solve problems involving one-step equations, operations with decimals, multi-step word problems, order of operations, region and proportions, so as to expose the murderer before it is too late!
The 8th Halloween Event: The Mystery of Halloween Mathematics – Deception
Created by Mrs. J’s resources
Results: No. 7 to 9
Standard: CCSS 8.NS.A.1; 8.EE.A.1, A.2
Let your students explore this weird math mystery, where they have to use their skills to eliminate suspects so they can find out who has been sending liars to the kids. This is very easy to prepare: just print and solve, or use the included Google Slideshow option to make it paperless.
Halloween math games and logic puzzles
These weird math games and logic puzzles are a great way to attract students. Whether you are looking for independent exercises, warm-ups or providing a wealth of advanced students, these puzzles are ideal for classroom use or homework.
Algebraic critical thinking logic puzzle for Thanksgiving in Autumn Halloween
Teach high school mathematics
Results: No. 6 to 9
Improve students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills with these 15 fascinating algebraic logic puzzles!
Solve equations Halloween theme Google Sliding Number Game Unit Review
Algebra simple
Results: 8th to 9th
Standard: CCSS 7.EE.A.1; 8.EE.C.7, c.7b; HSA-REI.B.3
Have your students interact with this Halloween themed Google Slides game that focuses on solving equations! This unprepared, self-checking game covers one step, combining terms, distribution properties, two-step and multi-step equations with variables on both sides.
Pumpkin Math
Halloween is usually synonymous with heading to pumpkin patches and carving Jack O’s lanterns. Try one of these creative pumpkin activities to introduce or view math concepts for middle school and high school students.
Halloween Pumpkin Simplified Algebra Expression Mathematics Broadcasting Activities
Mathematics and Science by Scaffolding
Results: 8th to 9th
During the festival’s pumpkin-shaped activity, students simplified the expression of distributed attributes and combined similar terms. It includes 34 pennants (30 with algebraic expressions, four blank dishes), as well as an optional student answer sheet and answer keys. Perfect for Halloween, Thanksgiving or any fall math celebration!
Halloween Algebra 1 Graphic Linear Equation Pumpkin Garland Mathematical Activity
By algebraic accent
Results: 7th to 10th
Practice graphical linear equations with this festival’s 3D autumn pumpkin activity! Students practice linear equations in the form of slope intercept, standard or point slashes to create colorful pumpkins. With 60 equations (20 per picture), you can easily distinguish or spread this activity in a few days. Once done, hang the pumpkin on the rope to decorate your classroom and showcase your students’ work!
Let your students scream to learn this Halloween
Incorporating Halloween themes into your courses (whether through the Halloween escape room or Halloween reading event), you can attract students’ imagination while improving their skills. If you want to give more ideas for your math class, explore TPT for more Halloween math resources.
