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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Logical Leaps: Fractions and Decimals From 0 to 1 on the Vertical Number Line

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In this interactive, use logic to solve riddles involving a flea-jumping contest. Place each contestant's jump, represented by either a fraction or a decimal in both feet and inches, at the correct point on the vertical number line....
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Activity
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Brain Boosters

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Discovery School offers a terrific "categorized archive of challenging Brain Boosters." Choose from hundreds of engaging activities pertaining to Categorization, Lateral Thinking, Reasoning, Logic, Word and Letter Play, Spatial...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Tic Tac Toe

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson focuses more on logic and deduction than on formal mathematics. The game of tic-tac-toe is simplified and given different variations, and in each variation students are to...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Odd Squad: Which Agent Are You?

For Students K - 1st
This quiz from Odd Squad will teach your child algebraic thinking by using their deductive reasoning skills. Children can take the Odd Squad Quiz and find out if they are more like Agent Olive or Agent Otto? Or maybe they're like Ms. O....
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Instant Insanity

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Excellent interactive challenge working with cube nets to stack them in a specific order. Manipulate the cubes online to solve the problem.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: The Race [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A challenge that combines skills in problem solving and logical reasoning. See if you can figure out who will win the race by determining the rate of speed of each runner. A one page activity from NCTM Math Challenges for Families...
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Keeping Cool

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Is it better to by block ice or crushed ice? Use your logical reasoning and measurement skills to solve this challenge that compares surface area of block ice and the same block cut into three cubes. A one page activity from the NCTM...
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Lesson Plan
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Discrete Mathematics Project: Venn Diagram Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan on the use of Venn diagrams for problem-solving.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Tan, Don't Burn

For Students 3rd - 8th
How about a math challenge for a sunny day at the beach? Apply your problem solving, number sense, and logical reasoning skills to find out how long it would take Helix to get sunburned using SPF 10 lotion. Discover why understanding...
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Interactive
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Shapely Tiling

For Students Pre-K - 1st
On this one page interactive website expand your logic, Motion Geometry and pattern recognition knowledge while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Making Boxes

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Have fun and learn by making a box and then find out its maximum volume as well as other problem-solving activities, including making a table of your results and drawing a graph.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Building Stars

For Students 3rd - 8th
This interactive activity gives you an opportunity to color in a tessellation that is different from the usual. Read the short introduction to find out more about this tessellation that doesn't repeat.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: A Square Deal

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic, ordered pairs, and pattern recognition skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
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Professional Doc
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Think Math

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Think Math offers a collection of 43 KET-produced resources from Math at the Core: Middle School, including 17 Scale City videos and interactives about proportional reasoning, 14 Wild Fractions animations and games that feature visual...
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Interactive
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Game Fifteen

For Students 1st - 5th
Sharpen your problem solving and strategy skills playing this interactive game, Fifteen. The rules are simple but the game requires some thinking if you want to beat the computer. There is a "Printable Page," link if you want to print it...
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Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Working With Sets and Venn Diagrams

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
A collection of activities that help students understand number relationships by using Venn diagrams to solve math problems. Practice problem solving skills in the interactive practice. Then, follow up with a classroom activity using the...
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Activity
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Truth Value of Open Sentences

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
What happens when there is not enough information to solve a problem? Find out at this test prep site, how missing information or "open sentences" can change the value or truth of a math equation. Practice understanding and applying this...
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Website
Other

Mystery Master: Logic Puzzles

For Students 9th - 10th
Find several logic puzzle ranging from "very easy" to "very challenging."
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Konigsberg Plus

For Students 9th - 10th
See if you can solve this classic problem that Leonhard Euler first presented in 1736. Use the interactive section of this website to help you.
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Math Slice

Math Slice: Online Mathematics Practice (Mock) Tests for Grades 4 Through 5

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A collection of mock math tests, designed for grades 3-5, modeled after portions of standardized tests.
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Website
Mensa Espana

Mensa Espana: Lista De Problemas

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish content. An extensive compilation of logic and reasoning problems approved by MENSA. Problems are arranged according to difficulty. Each problem is linked to it's solution. A terrific resource for extention and supplemental...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Nz Maths Problem Solving Lesson Plans: Level 4

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This New Zealand Problem Solving website is an outstanding resource for lesson plans. They are organized into the following categories: algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and logic and reasoning.
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Activity
Other

Harvard University: Project Zero: Artful Thinking

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Find engaging ways to integrate visual art and music into regular classroom instruction and strengthen cognitive thinking skills and abilities to reason creatively from multiple perspectives. Get great classroom questioning tips, case...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Truth or Dare

For Students 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson present a series of five logic puzzles, most of which include the classic "liars and truth-tellers" format. On the teacher's page, sample leading questions are presented to help...