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This printable set includes two sets of donut themed math brain teasers. The first set can be printed out in black and white. You can print the other set out in color. Both of math brain teasers worksheets has an answer key.

Getting Ready for the Math Brain Teasers

You will need to explain to your children that each type of donut represents a number. Their goal is to figure out what number each of the donuts represents. Then they will need to find the answers for each of the number sentences.

Before You Start the Brain Teasers

Sharing Donut Themed Books

If you are exploring the brain teasers as part of a National Donut Day celebration, you may want to read your children a book about donuts. You could even read a book or two to your students as they enjoy snacking on donuts.

Below you will find some really fun donut themed books.

Downloading the Brain Teaser Worksheets

You can print out the Donut Themed Brain Teasers worksheet in black with white or color. As I mentioned earlier, there is an answer key for the brain teasers in the set.

Exploring the Brain Teasers

Your children will need to use the number shared at the top of each brain teaser box to figure out what the two other donut numbers are.

First, they will need to find out what number the doughnut in the second row represents. It will help your children decode the number represented by the third donut.

Next, your children will find the answers to each of the math problems.

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Before Starting the Donut Activity

Your children will enjoy reading a book about donuts. Below you will find several wonderful books about donuts. I think your children will love them. After reading one or two of these books, your children will have a lot of donut themed words on their mind.

Exploring the Donut Themed Crack the Code Activity

The first thing you will want to do is to have your children brainstorm words that they think relate to donuts. It will be fun to see if the words your children brainstorm appear on the worksheet.

Donut Themed Decode This Code Activity - Glaze

Next, you will need to decide if you are going to work on the worksheet as a group, in pairs or on your own. If your children are young, you will want to work on this in pairs or as a group. It will help children decode the words.