A Quiz that covers nine rounds with a total of 56 questions (and answers)
The rounds are: Confectionary, True or False, Catchphrase, ChristMATHS, Music, Film, Statistics, Christmas knowledge and Celebrities. They have a link to maths where appropriate.
The PPT has been merged from other quiz’s which I have adapted for this year to be up to date and make my own.
Pupils have a TEAM sheet (separate PPT to print easier) which they can write their answers on with a tie breaker if needed.
PPT contains transitions, GIFS, sound, and answers. This should take 60 minutes, but you can omit rounds if needed.
This is a quiz which could be used again for other years
Enjoy.
Includes several round all answers included and no printing required.
Made for gcse foundation students however very accessible for KS3.
Round 1 - name the christmas song
Round 2 - Maths Christmas Problems
Round 3 -Christmas Anagrams
Round 4 - Christmas Films
Round 5 - 12 days of Christmas maths questions
Round 6 - Logos
Easily last 1-2 hours depending on how long you have.
Overview
Christmas Maths Games Worksheets is a comprehensive resource containing 8 worksheets with a focus on using fun engaging activities to support students in learning maths with a Christmas theme.
Worksheet Descriptions
*1) Christmas Sudoku *This is a fun Christmas themed 9 X 9 sudoku grid for students to complete with 9 different pictures in each row and column.
2) Christmas Wordsearch The interactive wordsearch challenges students to find the Christmas related words within a grid.
3) Battleships This is a Battleships game where students have to pick 10 coordinates and take it in turns to guess their opponents coordinates. If their opponent guesses correctly, they say ‘hit’, and ‘miss’ if they guess incorrectly. The first person to guess all 10 correctly is the winner! This aids the learning of coordinates within a fun game.
4) Cross Number Puzzle Students have to do each calculation and put the answer in the crossword grid above. This combines solving maths problems in a fun crossword format.
5) Christmas Picture Puzzle Students need to use the picture sums to find the value of each Christmas themed picture.
6) Christmas Codebreaker Students have to solve the maths questions, then find the corresponding letter in the key and write the letter below their answer. Each letter is part of a word that spells out the answer to the Christmas joke at the top of the page. This activity combines number reinforcement with an engaging puzzle format, promoting both learning and enjoyment.
7) Magic Square The object of the game is be the first person to make a row or column add up to 20. Each person takes it in turns to roll the dice and put the number that it lands on somewhere on the grid. This promotes adding skills in a fun, enjoyable game.
8) Christmas Maze Students have to solve the questions to find the route from the top to the bottom of the maze.
Answer Key
A comprehensive answer key is included with the resource, offering educators a valuable tool for quick reference and assessment. This ensures students receive accurate feedback, reinforcing their learning.
Downloadable Format
Christmas Maths Games Worksheets resource is conveniently available in a downloadable DOC format. This allows for easy printing and distribution to students, making it a flexible resource for both classroom and remote learning environments.
Designed to cater to various learning styles and proficiency levels, this resource not only reinforces primary level maths but also encourages students to actively engage with maths through puzzles and games. The inclusion of answers facilitates efficient assessment and supports educators in guiding students through the learning process.
GCSE Maths Christmas Quiz – Fun, Interactive & Educational!
53+ Questions | 10 Creative Rounds | Full 1-Hour Lesson | KS3 & KS4
Treat your students to a festive, curriculum-linked Maths quiz that’s packed with variety, challenge, and fun! This GCSE Maths Christmas Quiz includes over 50 questions across 10 different interactive rounds, each designed to engage different skills and learning styles. Ideal for end-of-term lessons, form time, or drop-down days – with a festive twist.
Quiz Rounds Include:
Round 1: Picture Match – Visual Maths prompts
Round 2: True, False or Fake News? – Bust myths and misconceptions
Round 3: Search & Find – Spot the mathematical terms
Round 4: Caption This! – Match the image with the correct description
Round 5: Linking Concepts – Pair related Maths terms
Round 6: Multiple Choice – Fast-paced knowledge check
Round 7: Linking Concepts (Part 2) – Continue the challenge
Round 8: Anagrams – Unscramble key maths vocab
Round 9: General Knowledge – Fun and surprising maths facts
Round 10: Numbers in Context – Solve problems by subject
Tie-Breaker Task: Design Challenge – Great for settling close scores!
What’s Included:
1 x Professional PowerPoint Quiz (10 rounds, 50+ questions)
1 x Animated Answer Reveal Slides – One per round
1 x Printable Student Answer Sheet (PDF + PPT)
1 x NEW Digital Answer Sheet – Editable PDF with tick boxes & score counter
1 x Set of Editable Certificates (Gold, Silver & Bronze for top teams)
Perfect for:
Lesson time or form time
Christmas reward sessions
Whole-class team competitions
Digital or remote learning (Zoom/Teams compatible)
Engaging all types of learners with different challenge formats
Extra Features:
Christmas Cracker Round included!
Can be used individually or in teams
Includes new digital marking and self-assessment options
Great value – hours of preparation saved!
Fully editable and flexible for your classroom needs
Leave a review and email us at mike@cre8tiveresources.com – we’ll send you a free festive bonus for your students!
How You Might Use It:
Celebrate the festive season with a themed maths lesson
Reinforce and assess prior knowledge in a fun way
Hold an inter-form competition
Provide an educational treat to round off the term
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A Christmas and Maths quiz suitable for ages 11 to 16.
Rounds include: ANSWER SMASH, CHRISTMAS MOVIES, CELEBRITIES, etc.
7 Rounds in total, make the resource suitable for a full lesson. Great as an end of Christmas term activity.
UPDATED VERSION
Our popular Christmas Escape Room has had a revamp! We have some fantastic new puzzles, with an updated layout and colour scheme to match. We’ve worked incredibly hard trying to make this as user friendly as possible. All instructions are included, you just need to print and go!
Covers problems solving, pictorial algebra, code-breaking and arithmetic, designed with KS3 in mind, but could be used for other ages.
Included:
PPT Presentation to display during lesson
7 puzzle station sheets in
Team sheets for upto 7 groups (in both colour and greyscale)
Teacher Instructions and Answers
Rules:
Students work in teams.
7 ‘stations’ around the room (either on tables, stuck to walls/doors etc).
Students are to complete all 7 puzzles - they are given the order of stations to visit on their team sheet (but as different puzzles take different amounts of time, they can always go to a station that is free)
Each puzzle gives an answer
Once students have completed all puzzles, they will have need to complete the calculations at the bottom of their team sheet to crack the 4-digit code
Extra info:
What you do with the 4-digit code is completely up to you! A lock box with a numbered padlock on works really well (this can be filled with sweets or other prizes), or you can ask them to give you the code and you can give them a prize.
If you are looking for a Christmas maths based team-building activity to keep your students engaged during the last few days (or week) leading up to Christmas, then this FUN MATHS ESCAPE ROOM is for you! There are seven Christmas inspired - 50% subject themed (trivia) challenges included in this file. Students will complete a variety of tasks using different skills including: problem-solving, critical thinking, reading comprehension,literacy challenges and some clever deduction.
The puzzles, bonus questions and challenges are a fun way to assess a topic or subject area. This resource covers a variety of different elements including: vocabulary, key terms. key themes, general subject knowledge, literacy and much more…
Escape Room is fully editable and are easy to set up - Just follow our step by step teacher instructions.
The Escape room lasts just under an hour depending on how quick students can solve each puzzle! If a team finishes early don’t worry we have built in another hidden challenge for them.
Students will start in the Snowfield and solve puzzles along the way through 7 different rooms (Snow field, Scarf, Top Hat, Forest, Carrot and Coal, Wrap A present & a final secret Location) As they solve each Christmas themed puzzle they will collect 1 Piece of the Snowman Puzzle and have to solve the Christmas Cypher.
Christmas Maths Escape Room Contents
☞Interactive Tracker PowerPoint - Keeps the competitive nature on display
☞ Escape Room Keys (Six Sets for up to Six Teams) Print two copies for up to 12 teams
☞ Escape Room Puzzles (7 Rooms = 7 Different styles of Puzzles)
☞ Teacher Answer Sheet - We do the hard work for you!
☞ Teacher instructions to run the escape
☞ Successful Escape Certificates for those that complete the entire challenge (There is a difficult bonus escape for any quick finishing teams :)
☞ The 7 Rooms each have subject specific Puzzles that have been adapted to suit the topic of this Escape Room and are suitable for a variety of students.
☞ A fun, five-minute ★introductory video★ has been included, which will help to set the scene before the escape room is to begin! The video outlines the plot of each escape and provides alternate endings…
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Common FAQ’s
★Group sizes: 3-5 students per team (This can also be completed as an individual and/or pair activity)
★Time: Approximately 50-60 minutes (Provide hints along the way if time is a factor!)
★Materials: Aside from the materials that you would already have in your classroom (pencils, pens, 6 pairs of scissors), no additional resources are needed!
These escape room-style games were created as a print-and-go resource.
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No ordinary Maths Quiz! This is a fun numerical general knowledge quiz with, of course, some proper head-scratcher maths questions thrown in. There are a mix of easy and difficult questions, many are rounds where you’ll have to do some proper calculations, yet many are based around current affairs and pop-culture where you have a good chance of gaining points if your answer is nearest to the number on the answer sheet.
This is suitable for KS3 or KS4 and perfect for the last maths lesson of term.
This quiz is not for GCSE revision, it’s just a bit of fun for the end of term or last day, to keep your students happy whilst still relating your last lesson to your subject!
**KS3 Maths Christmas Quiz – Secondary End-of-Term Activity
This professionally designed KS3 Maths Christmas Quiz includes over 53 questions across 10 varied and engaging rounds. It’s the perfect way to combine festive fun with educational value in the run-up to Christmas.
Quiz Rounds:
Round 1: Picture Matching
Round 2: True, False or Fake News
Round 3: Search the Terms
Round 4: Match the Captions
Round 5: Linking Concepts
Round 6: Multiple Choice
Round 7: Linking Concepts (Part 2)
Round 8: Anagrams
Round 9: Maths General Knowledge
Round 10: Subject-Specific Numbers
Tie Breaker: Christmas Design Drawing Challenge
All answers are revealed at the end of the quiz via animated slides to enhance engagement. This activity is suitable for individual students or teams and can be delivered in-class or remotely using Zoom or other digital platforms.
The quiz has been carefully created to bring a festive element to maths lessons while maintaining educational value. It includes a variety of question formats and interactive tasks, including a special Christmas Cracker Round, designed to suit a wide range of learners.
What’s included:
One professionally designed PowerPoint quiz with 10 unique rounds and 50+ questions
A complete answer set, animated for engaging delivery
Printable student answer sheet (PDF and PPT formats)
Digital answer sheet (editable PDF with tick boxes and a built-in score counter)
Certificates for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place (editable in PowerPoint)
How to use this quiz:
As a celebration of the Christmas season
To review or assess prior knowledge in a relaxed setting
During form time or as part of a class competition
As an educational reward or treat lesson at the end of term
Now updated for online learning, this resource is ideal for hybrid classrooms and remote education. Last year, our Christmas quizzes and activities were used by thousands of teachers—and we’re back by popular demand with even more festive learning opportunities.**
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This booklet contains Christmas themed maths questions for Year 6. The majority of questions are SATs style for practice or gap analysis, but there are also some open-ended challenges for fun.
The questions, which are linked to the national curriculum, cover place value, the four operations, fractions, decimals and percentages, ratio, perimeter, area and volume, properties of shape, using coordinates and creating pie charts.
The resource comes in two versions so that you can choose whether students record their answers within the booklet (booklet version) or on separate paper (printer friendly version).
Answers are included for the SATs style questions.
Looking for a creative way to reinforce key maths concepts during the holidays? This Christmas bauble craft activity is the perfect solution!
Your students will complete engaging tasks that strengthen their understanding of circles (including parts, area, and circumference), parabolas, cartoids, and symmetry – all while creating beautiful festive decorations.
Benefits
Reinforces key geometry concepts in a fun and festive way.
Integrates maths practice with creativity and fine motor skills development.
Offers a variety of tasks and differentiation options to keep students engaged.
Creates beautiful Christmas baubles to decorate classrooms, mobiles, garlands, or cards.
What’s inside:
A range of engaging bauble templates featuring various maths tasks
Labeling parts of a circle
Colouring the area and circumference formulas
Finding the area and circumference of circles
Joining dots to create parabolas (formed by chords)
Constructing cartoids from straight lines
Applying symmetry concepts through picture activities
Differentiation suggestions to cater to a variety of learning styles
Answer key
A4 Size pdf
This resource combines maths practice with a festive craft activity.
Your students complete various tasks related to circles (labeling parts, area & circumference), parabolas, cartoids, and symmetry on printable bauble templates.
Once complete, they can cut out the designs, fold them in half, and glue them back-to-back to create 3D bauble decorations.
How to use:
Print the desired bauble templates and distribute them to your students.
Guide them through the tasks on each bauble, allowing them to complete the activities and colour the designs.
Once finished, your students can cut out the shapes, fold them in half, and glue the corresponding halves together to create 3D bauble decorations.
Updates
09/01/2025 updated to include area and circumference calculation worksheets.
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Circles Maths Art Activity for KS3
Area & Circumference of Circles Activities KS3
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Bundle KS3 Circle Fun: Area, Circumference & Vocab
An engaging codebreaker activity worksheet useful for GCSE revision lessons this christmas season. This worksheet covers BIDMAS / Order of operations including some square and cube roots and come complete with answers.
Try a free christmas codebreaker:Linear equations
Includes the question sheet and the answers.
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This Christmas maths colour by number activity will give students lots of practice of finding the mean, median, mode or range. A fun seasonal activity to engage students before Christmas AND they are still doing work!
Great for a starter/plenary or early finishers. Especially if you want students to practice and consolidate finding averages without using a traditional worksheet.
All the squares have a number in them and students need to find the averge from a list of given numbers and colour in all the squares that correspond to their answer, in the colour given, in order to reveal a Christmas Tree. Fun Holiday clip art border included.
This product includes:
❄A Colour by Number sheet
❄A question sheet with space for workings
❄An Answer sheet for teachers
If you would like more Christmas themed maths activities please click here.
This maths help mat is the perfect resource for any y5/6 classroom. It contains the entire UKS2 curriculum including essential elements from LKS2. From number to shape and measure - this mat is perfect for everyday use or in the run up to SATs.
Ignite Your Students’ Love for Math with the Year 6 Christmas Maths Quiz!
Get ready to sprinkle some holiday magic on your math lessons! Our Year 6 Christmas Maths Quiz is an engaging resource designed to review and apply essential mathematical concepts using festive-themed problems—all within a fun 50-minute lesson plan!
What’s Included?
Engaging Lesson Structure
The quiz features an interactive lesson plan that includes:
Introduction (5 minutes): Welcome your students and introduce the day’s fun Christmas-themed maths quiz! Divide the class into small groups of 3-4 students to foster collaboration.
Quiz Round 1 (15 minutes): Present a series of captivating questions one at a time, allowing 2-3 minutes per question:
Santa’s Reindeer
Christmas Tree Decorations
Candy Cane Sharing
Christmas Cookie Baking
Present Wrapping
After each question, engage the class in a discussion about the correct answer and solution methods.
Mini-Break and Discussion (5 minutes): Allow students a brief stretch and facilitate a discussion on which questions they found easy or difficult, enhancing their reflective thinking.
Quiz Round 2 (15 minutes): Continue the excitement with another set of questions:
Santa’s Workshop Temperature
Elf Hat Production
Christmas Dinner Preparation
Gift Budget
Snowman Building
Discuss answers and solution strategies as you go.
Wrap-up and Review (10 minutes): Address challenging questions, discuss various problem-solving strategies, and highlight key mathematical concepts like division, fractions, and time calculation.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the lesson, students will:
Review and apply various mathematical concepts through Christmas-themed problems.
Enhance problem-solving skills and mental arithmetic.
Encourage collaborative learning and discussion of mathematical strategies.
Why Teachers Will Love This Quiz!
Festive Engagement: Math becomes enjoyable with a holiday twist.
Collaborative Learning: Group work fosters teamwork and communication.
Ready-to-Use Resource: Save planning time with this comprehensive quiz.
Extension Activities: Students can create their own Christmas-themed maths problems.
Make your classroom a festive learning environment this holiday season with the Year 6 Christmas Maths Quiz! Get your resource today and watch your students thrive in math while celebrating the joy of Christmas!
6 no prep KS2 puzzles worksheets for fun December mental maths starters / warm ups, fast finisher challenges, homework, revision or main lesson tasks. They provide meaningful numeracy practice at the end of term. There are 3 Set A Spot the Mistakes / Hidden Word puzzles that best suit Year 6 and 5 (P7 and P6) and 3 Set B puzzles originally designed for Year 4 (P5) - and Year 3 (P4) if all concepts have been covered. **Both sets could be used in the same class for differentiation if required. Set A might also suit some early KS3 classes. They work well at the busy end of term as little preparation is required and they are very flexible and can be left aside and picked up again as required. ** FULL ANSWER KEYS INCLUDED.
**Now available in a good value Christmas Puzzles BUNDLE with this festive Literacy / SPaG puzzles pack: Christmas Literacy SPaG Puzzles **
An engaging alternative to worksheets, these festive winter puzzles make ideal starter, early finisher or homework activities for this special time of year. Similar to codebreaker puzzles, a Christmas-related word is revealed after completing mental arithmetic calculations. Each puzzle contains a grid. Within each box is a calculation and a letter. Pupils circle any boxes containing mistakes. Then they assemble letters from the circled boxes to reveal the Christmas word. Puzzles can be completed individually or in pairs / groups.
Pupils often forget or avoid checking their work for errors so it’s great to get them carefully checking in these puzzles. Spotting common errors may help them remember to check their own work and help them avoid common errors themselves.
Concepts include: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, Times Tables, Doubling and Halving, Multiplying and Dividing by 10 and 100, Place Value, Negative Numbers, Fractions, Percentages and Decimals (Not all concepts feature in Set B).
I have more Hidden Word Numeracy Puzzles, such as the ones in this BUNDLE:
Maths Puzzles
My Crossnumber Puzzle Packs are also popular. See more through these links:
Place Value Puzzles
Mental Maths Puzzles Year 5 / 6
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Maths Christmas Quiz – Interactive End-of-Term Lesson for KS3 & KS4
A festive maths quiz with over 64 questions and 10 creative rounds – ideal for your last lesson of the term!
This Maths Christmas Quiz is the perfect way to end the term with a blend of fun and learning. Aimed at KS3 and KS4 students, this interactive quiz goes far beyond the usual question-and-answer format. Each round is designed to test a different skill—ranging from problem solving and visual reasoning to numerical fluency and festive trivia.
Packed with seasonal challenges, puzzles, and humour, this resource is ideal for maths lessons, form time, drop-down days, or as a fun classroom reward.
What’s Included:
1 x PowerPoint Quiz – Fully interactive with built-in answers and festive visuals
1 x Double-Sided Student Answer Sheet – Editable in PDF and PPT (out of 60+ marks)
3 x Editable Certificates – For 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams
Quiz Rounds Include:
Guess the Christmas Present – Predict what’s inside based on the clues
Match the Solution to the Equation – Solve and connect equations to their answers
Christmas Cracker Jokes – Pull digital crackers and match jokes to punchlines
3D Christmas Shapes – Identify common 3D shapes used in festive decorations
Spot the Difference – Christmas Edition – Test observation and attention to detail
Truth, Fake News or Lie? – Challenge Christmas and maths misconceptions
Emoji Round – Decode Christmas film titles using emojis
Which Two Are Right? – Eliminate the incorrect options from seasonal trivia
Christmas Puzzle Round – Solve mathematical logic puzzles under time pressure
Multiple Choice Round – Quick-fire maths and seasonal questions
Bonus Tie-Breaker:
Calculator Riddle Challenge – A maths-based riddle that puts your students’ reasoning to the test!
Perfect For:
KS3 and KS4 maths classrooms
End-of-term fun
Drop-down days and festive enrichment
Extra-curricular clubs and tutor time
This resource takes approximately one hour to complete, including team setup and review. It’s fully editable and requires no prep—just display the slides and let the festive fun begin.
Download, print, and play – it’s that simple.
You may also want to check out these other great Cre8tive maths resources for your
Maths Escape Room
Maths Christmas Quiz
Maths escape room Bundle
Big Christmas Maths Bundle
This Christmas/Holiday maths one step equations maze will give students practice with their solving equations skills. A great seasonal activity to engage students this Christmas. Great for a starter or early finishers near Christmas. Especially if you want students to practice and consolidate solving equations without using a traditional worksheet. The maze uses positive values of x only.
This activity is great because students can check their own answers as they go through and most of the time, they don’t realise they are answering multiple questions.
This freebie includes 1 maze with solutions and some great Holiday clipart.
Students work their way through the maze, colouring the correct answers and following the path to the next question.
See here for more Christmas themed activities.
This Christmas maths quiz is packed with 8 questions ranging in difficulty from the easiest of maths for a bit of fun, to some more challenging questions for older kids. What you tend to find is that even the smartest older kids will sometimes make mistakes on the easy ones ;)
Made by Learning Haven for free use.
PLEASE NOTE: Do not republish this as your own work, all rights go to Learning Haven except for graphics.
Acknowledgements:
All pictures are used from google images under the free use act.
A load of christmas themed questions.
Aimed at level 4-5.
A mixture of topics, ideal for revision.
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