Christmas Maths Mystery

Santa's golden sleigh bells have vanished the night before Christmas Eve! Eight North Pole workers were near the workshop. Seven are innocent. Your pupils solve seven maths clues, cross off a suspect with every correct answer, and catch the thief. A printable Christmas maths mystery for KS2, with three levels so every child in the class is challenged, and a different thief at each level so groups can't copy. WHAT'S INSIDE (20 pages) 1. Teacher and parent notes: levels, skills, timings and a page guide 2. Read-aloud case briefing to hook the class 3. Meet the suspects: 8 illustrated North Pole characters 4. Bronze level (Year 3 to Year 4): suspect file, 7 clue cards and a "name the thief" box - adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers, times tables, dividing, a fraction of an amount, multiplying by 10, time in minutes 5. Silver level (Year 5): suspect file, 7 clue cards and a "name the thief" box - long multiplication, remainders, percentages, negative numbers, Roman numerals, area, metres to centimetres 6. Gold level (Year 6): suspect file, 7 clue cards and a "name the thief" box - order of operations, ratio, percentage discounts, simple algebra, the mean, area of a triangle, long division 7. Detective notebook for working out 8. Wanted poster: draw the thief 9. 6 cut-out detective badges 10. Super Sleuth certificate 11. Answer keys for all 3 levels with full working, who each clue clears, and a fun ending to read aloud WHY YOU'LL LIKE IT - Three levels, one story: the whole class shares the briefing, then works at their own level - Every answer is checked by the mystery itself: a wrong answer leaves the wrong suspects standing - Made in the UK, in British English, with year groups on every level - Ideal for the last week of term, a Christmas maths lesson, homeschool, tutoring or a family Christmas Eve challenge - Mostly white pages, plus an INK-SAVER edition in black and grey WHAT YOU GET - 2 PDF files: A4 colour and A4 ink-saver - Quick Start guide (PDF) HOW IT WORKS - Download the files from your Etsy Purchases page - Print at 100% / actual size on A4 paper - Read the briefing aloud, hand out the pages for each level and let the detectives get to work - Check with the answer keys and read the ending aloud PLEASE NOTE - This is a DIGITAL download. Nothing physical will be shipped. - The files are not editable. - Sized for A4. US Letter printers can use 'fit to page'. - Personal use, or use with one class or one tutoring group. Please don't share or resell the files. Designed by Thexton Labs. Artwork and layouts were created with our own code, with the help of AI tools.