Valentine’s Day Math Ideas to Engage your Students
Valentine’s Day is a perfect chance to bring some seasonal joy into your math classroom, without sacrificing content. Whether you teach 6th, 7th, or 8th grade, themed activities can help students stay engaged while practicing key math skills. Here are fun, creative, classroom-ready ideas you can use today.
Why Holiday-Themed Math Works
Holiday math activities:
Tap into students’ excitement around a celebration,
Provide low-stress practice on core skills,
Allow you to differentiate easily for mixed-ability groups,
And help build community through collaboration.
When you connect abstract math concepts with something relatable — like candy hearts or Valentine jokes — students are more likely to stay focused and think deeply about the math.
1. Valentine’s Day Math Riddle Worksheets
One of my favorite go-to options is the Valentine Order of Operations Riddle Practice. These print-and-go worksheets mix classic order of operations practice with fun Valentine riddles that reveal jokes as students solve problems. This helps turn routine practice into a mystery students want to finish!
How to use in class:
Start with a warm-up discussion about the order of operations.
Let students work solo or in partners.
Turn finished riddles into classroom displays or share aloud for laughs!
2. Real-World Valentine’s Math: Percents, Ratios & Proportions
Help students practice real-life applications with our Real World Percents and Proportions Valentine’s Day worksheets. These activities use Valentine-themed scenarios like candy, flowers, and more as a way to explore unit rates, proportions, and percentages.
Classroom ideas:
Pair students to solve the worksheets
Set up worksheets as station activities
Great for reinforcing proportional reasoning while connecting to student interests!
3. Integer Operations with Valentine's Flair
For teachers looking to reinforce integer skills, try our Valentine’s Day Integer Operations Practice. Students will simplify integer expressions and then use a color code to complete the activity which makes checking the worksheets easy to grade and engaging.
Tips for success:
Use it as substitute work, Valentine Math homework, class activity and more.
4. Valentine’s Day Math Bundle
If you want all of the above activities grab our Valentine’s Day Math Activities Bundle .
How to Use this Bundle:
Monday: Quick warm-up with integer practice.
Tuesday/Wednesday: Hands-on percent & proportion stations.
Thursday: Collaborative group work with order of operations riddle problems.
Friday: Finish up any worksheets and hand out math cards to students.
BONUS: Valentine Math Pun Cards
Add even more smiles with these Valentine’s Day Math Cards for Students. These cards combine Valentine humor with math, perfect to add with a piece of candy or homework pass. Best of all these cards for your students are FREE.
Meaningful & Engaging Valentine Math
Valentine’s Day give us a chance to blend rigor with joy. The key is to pick activities that reinforce standards while letting students enjoy the holiday fun. Whether you’re reviewing integer operations, sharing math puns, or diving into real-world percent problems, these Valentine activities can make math memorable.
