KenKen Puzzle
KenKen® Puzzle
Think inside the box with KenKen® puzzles to provide some problem solving practice. These puzzles are similar to Sudoku, but require computation inside designated boxes. There are multiple puzzles with a range of difficulties to...
Education Development Center
Algebraic Habits of Mind
Math really is just one big puzzle waiting to be solved. Show learners that math can be intriguing and provide them with visually engaging problems and puzzles. The focus is on solving simple equations and looking at expressions.
Curated OER
The Mystery Math Ball: A Logic Based Mystery
In this logic worksheet, students read an "invitation to a mystery ball" and then use math clues to determine the date of the ball, the 5-digit house number where the ball will be held, and who is hosting.
Two Lives Left
Cargo-Bot
What would you think of an app that provides a creative introduction to an important 21st century skill, challenges learners at many levels, and is an addictively, fun game? Did we also mention it was free? We think you will find all...
Curated OER
Kakuro Puzzle
In this math worksheet, learners solve the number puzzle looking for the missing values. The sheet is intended to be a teacher's guide.
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Christmas Tree Math Puzzle
In this Christmas math puzzle worksheet, students place the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 in the bottom row of ornaments on the Christmas tree. They complete the next layers by adding two numbers below each ornament. They determine which...
Carstens Studios
Math Doodles
Discover the joy and excitement of improving your math fluency through four different puzzles. Combine those with 25 different ways to represent numbers and you have hours of enjoyment that can be fun outside of the classroom as well.
Prestwick House
Pygmalion
Mold the perfect review session with a crossword puzzle based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. As class members answer clues about Eliza Doolittle, Henry Higgins, and Colonel Pickering, they review key concepts from the play.
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Multiplication Puzzle 5
In this math puzzle worksheet, 4th graders cut out both puzzle and puzzle frame. Children reassemble the puzzle by matching an answer on each piece to a problem on the frame.
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Solve Mathematical Puzzles and Investigate--Scoring 6
In this scoring 6 worksheet, students roll a pair of dice, 1 red and 1 black, and record all the different ways they can score a total of 6.
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The Family Tree
In this patterns practice worksheet, students read a 3-paragraph excerpt regarding a family tree and respond to 1 graphic organizer question and 1 short answer question.
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Four Color Map
Learners explore geometry by completing a color puzzle. In this shape identification lesson, students utilize deductive reasoning to complete a Google SketchUp puzzle with trapezoid, triangles and rectangular shapes. Learners complete...
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Weekly Math Challenge
Young scholars solve a new math challenge every week. For this math center activity, students explain the process of solving the weekly challenge. Young scholars are assessed on what is included in their challenge notebook. Students earn...
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How Many Ways?
In this math puzzle instructional activity, students are given 10 buttons on the page, and they are to arrange the buttons in the 3 boxes provided. Students fill in the chart to find out how many ways they can put the buttons in the boxes.
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Two More Toffees
In this math puzzle worksheet, students read about one mouse who has 2 more toffees than the other mouse. They are to determine how many toffees each mouse could have. Students find as many possible answers as they can and record them in...
Little 10 Robot
YodelOh™ Math Mountain
Save the yodeler from falling off the top of the mountain using basic math skills. Have endless fun while developing fluency with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
SurfScore
Kodable
Prepare young scholars for life in the twenty-first century with this introduction to computer coding formatted as a fun problem solving game, this resource is a great way to develop children's sequential thinking skills.
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Brain Power
In this science worksheet, students investigate the anatomy and function of the human brain. Students read facts about the parts of the brain and what each does. Students compare the size of the human brain to that of other animals....
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Logic Puzzles
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a series of logic puzzles. Students use the information provided to find the solution to each puzzle.
TES Global
Tes: Printed Quiz on 11: Plus Verbal Reasoning Hidden Word
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site provides several word puzzles for students. When given sets of phrases, students will find four-letter words hidden within each set.
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Sudoku Puzzles
This site offers many uses for Sudoku, including free online puzzles, free puzzles for school publication, and it gives the history of Sudoku.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Matchstick Puzzles
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this Flipchart, students use logic and mathematical reasoning to visually solve problems using matchsticks. Students develop their sense of pattern recognition, and pattern disruption, and then apply...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Sliding Puzzle
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students use the interactive drawing tools in Activstudio to develop their geometric sense by solving a sliding puzzle using different colored squares.
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Class Flow: Brain Sizzlers
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains one page logic puzzles adapted from the book Brain Sizzlers. These activities make great warm ups for math grades 6- algebra.