Math Warm-ups Teaching Resources
Download math warm-up activities, worksheets, and more to engage your students and ready them for the actual lesson in this teacher-created resource collection!
The math warm-ups in this collection include puzzles, task cards, games, sorting activities, and more. These math warm-ups give students opportunities to explore fundamental number concepts, such as the counting sequence, one-to-one correspondence, and computation strategies.
What Are Math Warm-Ups?
Math warm-ups are short, low-stakes activities that students do at the beginning of a math class to review and reinforce key concepts, skills and problem-solving strategies. Engaging math warm-ups can also encourage students to explore number combinations, place value, patterns, and other important mathematical concepts.
The goal is to engage students' minds and help them transition into math mode in your classroom while preparing them for the main lesson.
What Are Examples of Math Warm-Ups?
Looking to add a warm-up activity to your math lessons each day? You can keep it simple with quick math problems, reviewing formulas, working on word problems, or solving puzzles.
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Subitizing Dice - Numbers 1 to 9
Subitizing is the process of immediately recognizing how many items are in a small group.
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Addition Bingo (Single and Double-Digit Numbers)
32 different bingo cards to practice adding single and double digit numbers mentally.
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Lucky Ducks - Chance Game
A fun chance game for students to play when learning about probability.
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Ed and Dale's Heads and Tails - Chance Game
A fun game of chance for students to play when learning about probability.
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Multiplication Facts 0–12 Bingo
32 different bingo cards for students to practice their multiplication facts to 12.
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Polygon Puzzles - Multiplication
A set of 7 polygon puzzles to practice solving multiplication number sentences.
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Friends of 30 Dominoes
A set of dominoes to use in the classroom when matching friends of 30.
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Combinations of 20 - Dominoes
A set of dominoes to use in the classroom when learning combinations of 20.
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Chance and Probability PowerPoint - Level 3
An engaging 30-slide interactive PowerPoint to use in the classroom when learning about chance and probability.
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Chance PowerPoint - Level 2
An engaging 30-slide interactive PowerPoint to use in the classroom when learning about chance and probability.
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2-D Shape Bingo
Engage your students while consolidate learning about 2D shapes, their names and properties with 2D Shape Bingo!
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Active Learning Resource Pack
A set of 22 active games that encourages learning in a physical manner.
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20+ Quick Math Warm-Up Ideas for Elementary Math Teachers
Daily math warm-ups are intended to be a quick warm-up of the brain. Here are some easy ideas for elementary math teachers.
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- Math Warm-ups Bingo
- Math Warm-ups Worksheets
- Math Warm-ups Puzzles
- Math Warm-ups Dominoes
- Math Warm-ups Templates
- Math Warm-ups Active Games
- Math Warm-ups Instructional Slide Decks
- Math Warm-ups Matchup Games
- Math Warm-ups Card Games
- Math Warm-ups Board Games
- Math Warm-ups Task Cards
- Math Warm-ups Logic Puzzles
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- Math Warm-ups Tarsia Puzzles
- Math Warm-ups Dice Games
- Math Warm-ups Flashcards
- Math Warm-ups Cut and Paste Worksheets
- Math Warm-ups Posters
- Math Warm-ups Sorting Activities
- Math Warm-ups for Pre-K
- Math Warm-ups for Kindergarten
- Math Warm-ups for 1st Grade
- Math Warm-ups for 2nd Grade
- Math Warm-ups for 3rd Grade
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- Math Warm-ups for 5th Grade
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- Math Warm-ups for 7th Grade