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Math Word Searches

Puzzles for math class, where the vocabulary matters as much as the numbers: Math for the general terms, and the units that follow it through the grades: Telling Time, Multiplication, Fractions and Measurement in the elementary years, then Geometry, Algebra and Statistics and Probability.

The equals sign was invented by Robert Recorde, a Welsh mathematician, in 1557. He drew two parallel lines of the same length, he wrote, because no two things could be more equal, and so he would not have to keep writing is equal to.

Printable Math Word Searches

Math Word Search Puzzles

Every puzzle prints in three levels: easy hides 5 words in a 10 by 10 grid, reading only across and down; medium hides 15 in a 12 by 12 grid; hard hides up to 23 in a 15 by 15 grid. Each print is a fresh draw from the topic's word list, and every sheet comes with an answer key. The same puzzles play online, on your own or against a friend in real time.