1. sports
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Written by
Sharon L. Apichella and Mary D. Sutton
Editor: Gillian Snoddy
Cover Illustrator: Gloria Jenkins
Designer/Production: Alicia Triche
Art Director: Moonhee Pak
Project Director: Stacey Faulkner
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Cootie Catchers Reproducibles
Number Sense
Even or Odd? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Skip Counting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
How Many in All? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
What Fraction Is Shaded? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Ten More or Ten Less? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Regroup Ones as Tens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Place Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Order the Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Time and Money
What Time Is It? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Time Word Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
What’s the Value? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Pay Using the Fewest Coins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Algebra
Number Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Related Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Missing Addend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
What’s the Missing Sign? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Geometry
How Many Sides and Corners? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Name the Solid Figure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
How Many Lines of Symmetry? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Flip, Slide, or Turn? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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Cootie Catchers Math is an interactive and motivating tool for daily skill review. Using a new twist on
the popular origami fortune tellers, this hands-on resource provides a fun and unique approach to
practicing and reviewing standards-based math concepts and academic language. Cootie Catchers
Math features 20 reproducible cootie catchers that each reinforce a specific math skill. Each page
includes a Before You Flip hint for students to apply while they use each cootie catcher and an After You
Flip activity to extend their learning after they have finished. Once the cootie catcher is made, students
read and solve the problems, then they lift the flaps to reveal the correct answers. A recording sheet is
provided on the inside back cover to help teachers keep track of assigned cootie catchers.
Aligned to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards, Cootie Catchers Math is
an ideal resource for providing specific content review for all students. Research shows that repetition
is essential for the brain to learn and recall information. Furthermore, children have a tendency to
repeat activities they enjoy. Cootie Catchers Math offers a fun and quick way for students to repeat and
retain essential skills. This teacher-tested, student-approved resource can be used for classroom center
activities, as enrichment assignments when regular class work is completed, or for homework. Perfect
for individuals, partners, or small groups, Cootie Catchers Math makes practicing math skills enjoyable.
The following areas are addressed in this resource:
✽ Number patterns
✽ Time
✽ Addition
✽ Money
✽ Subtraction
✽ Algebra
✽ Place value
✽ Geometry
✽ Fractions
✽ Problem solving
Cootie catchers fit in pants pockets, backpacks, or lunch boxes for review on the go! Students can use
them in a classroom center, at their desks, on the playground, or in a car or bus. Parents can slip cootie
catchers into a pocket or purse and use them to review with their child at home, in line at the store, or
while waiting for appointments. With these easy-to-make, fun-to-use, portable manipulatives, students
will love reviewing math skills and vocabulary the Cootie Catchers Math way!
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How to Use
1. Select a skill you would like your students to practice, and make multiple copies of the corresponding page. Store
the pages in a labeled hanging file in a math center or where math manipulatives are stored.
2. Demonstrate how to fold the cootie catchers. Display the instructions for students’ reference.
3. Remind students to read the Before You Flip section before using each cootie catcher.
4. Have the students complete the After You Flip activity as an extension or quick assessment after they have
used each cootie catcher. Ask the students to return the top portion of the page to you. Use this, along with the
recording sheet, to keep track of assigned cootie catchers.
5. Send the cootie catchers home for additional practice.
How to Make
1. Carefully cut along the outline of
4. Fold the square in half, making
the square. Fold and unfold the
square in half diagonally in both
directions to make two creases
that form an X.
a rectangle. Unfold and fold in
half in the opposite direction,
making a rectangle.
2. Place the paper facedown,
and then fold each of the four
corners in so that their points
touch the center.
3. Turn the paper over so the flaps
5. Slide both index fingers and
thumbs under the four flaps.
6. Use your thumbs and index
are facedown. Again, fold each of
the four corners in so their points
touch the center.
fingers to pinch the top corners
together and form a point. You
are ready to play.
How to Play
1. Choose a number from one to five.
2. Open and close the cootie catcher (front to back and then sideways) as many times as the number selected.
3. Choose one of the four questions shown inside and answer it.
4. Lift the flap on which the question is written and check the answer.
5. Continue playing in the same way until all eight questions have been answered.
Name ________________________________________________
Date _______________________________
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Even or Odd?
Hint: Even numbers have 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8 in the ones place. Odd numbers have 1, 3, 5, 7,
or 9 in the ones place.
For each of the following, write the number and tell whether it is even or odd.
odd
even
odd
even
even
89
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321
odd
even
odd
418
758
43
97
Your age: ________ ________ The number of students in your classroom: ________ ________
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Name ________________________________________________
Date _______________________________
Skip Counting
Hint: The numbers show a pattern when you skip count.
2, 4, 6, 8, 10…
5, 10, 15, 20…
Starting with 7, write a pattern counting by threes.
40
95
94
100
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By twos. What
number comes
before 96?
By twos. What
number comes
after 98?
By fives. What
number comes
before 100?
By twos. What
number comes
before 70?
68
22
65
By fives. What
number comes
before 50?
By twos. What
number comes
before 24?
By fives. What
number
comes after
35?
By fives. What
number comes
before 70?
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Name ________________________________________________
Date _______________________________
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How Many in All?
Hint: How many ears on three bears? You can add (2 + 2 + 2) or skip count (2, 4, 6) to find
how many in all.
How many crayons in all? _______
Holes?
Petals?
12 6
Wings?
Peas?
Eggs?
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Fingers?
8 12
Legs?
16 10
10 21
Legs?
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Date _______________________________
What Fraction Is Shaded?
2
3
= numerator
= denominator
➜ how many equal parts of a whole or group are shaded
➜ how many equal parts in all
Draw a circle. Divide it into four equal parts.
Color the parts to show 34 shaded.
one half
5
6
one sixth
three fifths
3
5
7
8
two thirds
2
3
1
6
two fifths
five sixths
1
2
one fourth
2
5
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4
seven
eighths
8
Name ________________________________________________
Date _______________________________
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Ten More or Ten Less?
Ten more: 63 ➜ 73
Hint: When adding or subtracting ten, the digit in the tens
place changes but the digit in the ones place stays the same.
Ten less: 52 ➜ 42
What is ten more than 126? ________
What is ten less than 189? ________
Ten less
than 99
Ten more
than 32
42
109
68
94
11
Ten less
than 78
Ten less
than 104
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Ten more
than 99
Ten less
than 85
75
67
89
Ten more
than 1
Ten more
than 57
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Date _______________________________
Regroup Ones as Tens
Hint: When you have 10 or more ones, you need to regroup.
Regroup the following:
3 tens
9 ones
9 tens
5 ones
4 tens
0 ones
8 tens
3 ones
4 tens
17 ones
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7 tens
13 ones
3 tens
10 ones
1 ten
1 one
2 tens
2 ones
6 tens
4 ones
5 tens
7 ones
5 tens
14 ones
8 tens
15 ones
2 tens
19 ones
6 tens 19 ones = ________ tens ________ ones
0 tens
11 ones
1 ten
12 ones
10
Name ________________________________________________
Date _______________________________
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Place Value
Hint: Each digit in a number has a
different place value.
739
ones
3
4
5
9,682
________
Which digit is in the
ones place?
739
tens
347
Which digit is in the
hundreds place?
Which digit is in the hundreds place?
hundreds
347
Which digit is in the
tens place?
371
745
83
284
83
284
371
Which digit is in the
tens place?
Which digit is in the
tens place?
745
Which digit is in the
ones place?
616
616
Which digit is in the
hundreds place?
912
Which digit is in the
hundreds place?
912
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Name ________________________________________________
Date _______________________________
Order the Numbers
Hint: Compare the digits in the same place-value position from left to right.
Order the numbers from least to greatest.
321 178 256
178, 256, 321
Order the numbers from greatest to least: 951, 899, 926, 973
211
456
32
36
39
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56
76
54
46
62
464
456
464
476
Greatest to Least
Greatest to Least
336
363
360
Least to Greatest
336
112
121
62
54
360
476
46
364
465
363
36
245
476
76
Greatest to Least
32
67
265
248
39
112
211
121
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Greatest to Least
56
Least to Greatest
_____________
245
265
248
Least to Greatest
_____________
Least to Greatest
_____________
476
364
465
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Name ________________________________________________
Date _______________________________
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What Time Is It?
Hint: Time can be stated in different ways.
• 5:45
• quarter to six
• forty–five minutes after five
5 minutes
after 8
20 minutes
before 7
Draw hands on each clock to show the
answer for three of the problems in this
cootie catcher.
30 minutes
before 5
quarter to 3
10 minutes
before 1
15 minutes
after 2
half past 12
quarter to 11
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Name ________________________________________________
Date _______________________________
Time Word Problems
Hint: Counting on a clock can help you find how much time has passed.
Use this clock to help you solve the problems on the cootie catcher.
How much time passes from the start of school to lunch?
12:30 p.m.
9:00 a.m.
It’s 11:00 a.m. What
time was it 2 hours
ago?
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4:30 p.m.
10:30 a.m.
5:00 p.m.
It’s 3:00 p.m. What
time will it be in 2
hours?
It’s 1:30 p.m. What
time will it be in 3
hours?
5:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
It’s 9:30 a.m. Math
starts in 1 hour.
What time does
math start?
It’s 9:00 a.m. What
time will it be in 4
hours?
Practice starts at
4:30 p.m. and lasts
1 hour. What time
does practice
end?
The party started at 5:30
p.m. I arrived 1 hour
late. What time did
I get there?
____________________________________________________
The game starts in 1
hour. It’s 11:30 a.m.
What time does
the game start?
Name ________________________________________________
Date _______________________________
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What’s the Value?
Hint: When adding coins, start with the coin of the greatest value and count on by
10s, 5s, and 1s.
You have two quarters, three dimes, one nickel, and two pennies. What’s the total value
of your coins?
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75¢ 95¢
55¢ 22¢
36¢ 45¢
80¢ 60¢
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Name ________________________________________________
Date _______________________________
Pay Using the Fewest Coins
Hint: When paying with the fewest coins, start with the coin of the greatest value.
Use the fewest coins to show how you would pay for a poster that costs 95¢.
32¢
40¢
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1 quarter
1 dime
1 nickel
1 quarter
1 nickel
2 pennies
65¢
15¢
2 quarters
1 nickel
3 pennies
58¢
3 quarters
1 dime
1 penny
86¢
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1 dime
1 nickel
2 quarters
2 dimes
2 quarters
1 dime
1 nickel
1 quarter
25¢
70¢
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Name ________________________________________________
Date _______________________________
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Number Patterns
Hint: To find the missing number in a sequence, determine what number to add or subtract.
Make your own missing number pattern. Have a friend solve it.
31, 28, ___ , 22
22, 18, 14, ___
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10
25
9
91, 93, ___ , 97
95
64
12, ___ , 6, 3
86
7
66, __ , 62, 60
80
74, 76, 78, ___
___ , 85, 84, 83
15, 11, ___ , 3
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Name ________________________________________________
Date _______________________________
Related Facts
Hint: Related addition and subtraction facts have the same parts and wholes.
Write a related addition and subtraction fact using an “If…then…” sentence.
_______________________________________________________________________
If 7 + 8 = 15,
then 15 – 7 = 8
If 5 + 7 = 12,
then 12 – 5 = 7
9
If 4 + 10 = 14,
then 14 – 4 = 10
10
If 4 + … = 14,
then 14 – 4 = …
If 5 + … = 12,
then 12 – 5 = …
If 3 + 8 = 11,
then 11 – 3 = 8
3
If … + 8 = 11,
then 11 – … = 8
4
If 9 + 9 = 18,
then 18 – 9 = 9
7
If 8 + … = 12,
then 12 – 8 = …
If 5 + 9 = 14,
then 14 – 5 = 9
If 8 + 4 = 12,
then 12 – 8 = 4
8
If 6 + 7 = 13,
then 13 – 6 = 7
If … + 9 = 18,
then 18 – … = 9
If 7 + … = 15,
then 15 – 7 = …
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If … + 7 = 13,
then 13 – … = 7
If … + 9 = 14,
then 14 – … = 9
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Name ________________________________________________
Date _______________________________
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Missing Addend
Hint: To find the missing addend, think about what you need to add to the given number to
equal the sum.
Write a word problem for one of the number sentences.
9
13
8
5
10
7
4
… + 13 = 17
21 = … + 11
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5 + … = 19
… + 7 = 12
8 + … = 15
6 + … = 14
20 = 7 + …
… + 9 = 18
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Name ________________________________________________
Date _______________________________
What’s the Missing Sign?
Hint: Number sentences contain numbers and symbols (+, –, =, >, <). Think about which
sign would make the number sentence true.
Write a missing sign problem. Have a friend solve it.
___________________________________________________________________________
29 + 10 … 39
3 … 10 – 5
<
–
>
+
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=
12 – 7 … 1
8 … 9 = 17
20 … 15 = 5
18 … 9 = 9
–
+
=
3+2…5+0
12 … 7 = 19
Name ________________________________________________
Date _______________________________
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How Many Sides and Corners?
Hint: You can describe plane shapes by the number of sides and
corners they have.
Use different plane shapes to draw a car on the back. Label the plane figures in your picture.
____________________________________________
0 sides
0 corners
4 sides
4 corners
3 sides
3 corners
5 sides
5 corners
4 sides
4 corners
6 sides
6 corners
4 sides
4 corners
4 sides
4 corners
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Name ________________________________________________
Date _______________________________
Name the Solid Figure
Hint: A solid figure has three dimensions:
length, width, and height.
length
➜
width➜
➜
height
List three objects in the room and describe them as solid figures.
____________________________________________________________________________
cone
pyramid
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rectangular
prism
cube
pyramid
cylinder
rectangular
prism
sphere
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Name ________________________________________________
Date _______________________________
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How Many Lines of Symmetry?
Hint: A line of symmetry divides a figure into two matching halves.
Write your name using capital letters. Then circle the letters that have a line of symmetry.
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2 lines
of symmetry
3 lines
of symmetry
1 line
of symmetry
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0 lines
of symmetry
P
2 lines
of symmetry
1 line
of symmetry
4 lines
of symmetry
1 line
of symmetry
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Name ________________________________________________
Date _______________________________
Flip, Slide, or Turn?
Hint:
Cut out a shape. Then test a friend on flip, slide, or turn.
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Flip
Turn Flip
Slide
Flip Turn
Slide Turn
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