Christmas Tree Addition Puzzles

Put your addition and logical thinking skills to the test to find the missing numbers to complete each of these Christmas Tree Addition Puzzles.

I had an epiphany the other day that the classic addition pyramid puzzles could be reimagined as a Christmas tree if I added a “trunk” to the bottom of the pyramid. Creating these puzzles was one of the items on my to do list for the week I had off for Thanksgiving Break.

12/8/24 Update: I have also created a collection of Christmas Tree Integer Addition Puzzles if you want to fit in some extra practice with positives and negatives!.

Instructions

The number in each cell of the Christmas tree is the sum of the two numbers directly below it. Fill in the missing numbers to complete the Christmas tree.

Five Levels of Difficulty

These Christmas Tree Addition Puzzles are available in five different levels of difficulty.

The first three levels are intended for younger students. These are perfect for giving students practice with addition and mental math. There is minimal logic required in solving these Christmas tree math puzzles.

Levels 4 and 5 are intended more as a logic puzzle than a mental math practice puzzle.

Download and Printing Options

There are five different sets of these Christmas Tree math puzzles that can be downloaded. Each set consists of five puzzles involving the exact same set of numbers in five different levels.

Printing one of these sets of puzzles is ideal for the teacher who is using this puzzle in the classroom but wants to differentiate and give different students in the class different levels. Each student’s finished puzzle will be identical. They will just start with different clues.

Alternatively, you can download the mixed set of puzzles that has 5 different puzzles. The Level 1 puzzle has different numbers than the Level 2 puzzle which has different numbers than the Level 3 puzzle, and so on.