Lay off of the morning math worksheets and try out some of these magical math puzzles that show students how math can be enchanting!
Calendar-Trick
1. Calendar Magic 9Impress your friends with this math multiplication magic trick from Murderous Maths! Kids tell a friend to put a square around 9 numbers on a calendar ( 3 x 3 box). Then, they say they can find the sum of the 9 numbers within the square in a flash! Abracadabra and alakazam! All they do is multiply the number in the center of the square by 9 and presto! They magically have the answer! 
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2. Shoe Math MagicMultiply shoe size by 5 (must be a whole number, round up if you have to)
Add 50 
Multiply by 20 
Add 1015 (change each year / next year 1016)
Subtract the year you were born 
First digit = shoe size 
Last 2 digits = age
Magic-Square
3. Magic SquareA Magic Square is a great tactile, thinking game for kids, that has them rearrange three numerals (horizontal, vertical, and diagonal) so they all equal one sum, a magical number! I was inspired by Love 2 Learn 2 Day‘s milk cap magic square, so I made my own! Kids love the use of milk caps because they can slide and glide them around on a flat table top. Magic Squares are also a good way for kids to improve their addition skills using a group of addends, three whole numbers in an equation.
Magic-Triangle
4. Perimeter Magic Triangles
Perimeter Magic Triangles help children improve their addition skills using three addends! All you need are 6 milk caps labeled 1-6. Kids slide the milk caps around, forming a triangle. Their goal is to have all 3 sides add up to equal the same sum. 
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5. ​Toothpick Math PuzzlesGeometric toothpick puzzles that help develop problem solving and critical thinking skills.
Lists of puzzles to try:
Puzzle Playground
Planet Seed 
Toothpick Triangles
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