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Pythagorean Theorem Cutout Puzzle
If you'd like your lesson on the Pythagorean Theorem to be fun and engaging, check out a math puzzle activity for high schoolers. Your learners will enjoy this visual puzzle that shows how the Pythagorean Theorem works.
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The Pythagorean Puzzle
An engaging hands-on activity is presented. Learners of all ages are addressed in thie unique plan. K-5 learners identify, name, and define a rectangle, square, triangle, and the concept of area. Older learners prove the Pythagorean...
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Sum Puzzles
In this number puzzles learning exercise, 3rd graders fill in and solve 3 shaped puzzles by following the directions on each one precisely. Students deal with numbers from 1 to 13.
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Puzzling Clue Vocabulary
Learners play a matching, puzzle-like game designed to help them review and practice a given subject matter.
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Math Puzzle Picture
The key to solving this puzzle lies in the addition skills of young learners. The first step is to answer a series of decimal addition problems organized in a 4x5 grid. Then cut apart the page of puzzle pieces, each one including an...
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Using Insight Puzzles to Engage and Intrigue Gifted Learners
Challenge your smartest kids with these engaging, fascinating puzzles that require real outside-the-box thinking to solve!
K-5 Math Teaching Resources
Tangram Cutout
Challenge the spatial thinking of your young mathematicians with this printable tangram puzzle. Using different sized triangles, squares, and parallelograms, children must figure out how to fit all the shapes together to create a square.
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Chocolate Puzzles #2
A series of math puzzle worksheets are embedded in this simple plan which has learners solve mathematical calculation, and follow a coloring key in order to come up with the word, "chocolate." All of the puzzles are embedded in the plan....
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Math Crossword Puzzle
This math vocabulary and computation crossword puzzle has learners read 12 clues, solve them and put the answer in a crossword puzzle. There is no word bank for the puzzle which features basic math vocabulary. Example: Do this to get a...
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Solving Problems and Puzzles 1
Plug in this presentation for a quick start to your day. The class reviews the 6 times tables how they relate to division and then work through patterns to build logical reasoning and sequencing skills. A wonderful warm up or problem...
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The "Wright" Puzzle
A crossword puzzle based on the lives of the Wright brothers. Students research on their own or in small groups several brief biographies of the Wright brothers.They complete a crossword puzzle based on their reading.
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Addition Table Puzzle 2
In this interactive addition worksheet, learners fill in the correct sums of two numbers into the given boxes. There are 14 addition problems to complete in order to solve the addition puzzle table.
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Shapes Puzzle
In this shapes puzzle, students identify names of polygons and circular shapes. A list of 18 shapes are listed for identity.
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Exploring Sums Puzzle: 10's
For this addition practice worksheet, students use their problems solving skills to solve 2 math puzzles that require them to add to get sums up to 20. Students also create their own math puzzle using that blank template.
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Crossmath Puzzles
In this addition and subtraction activity, students complete four puzzle squares. Students fill in the blanks to get the answers at the right side and at the bottom. Numbers may only be used once in each row or column.
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Puzzle Boxes
In this addition puzzle worksheet, students complete 4 puzzles in which five numbers are placed so that the sum is a specified number in the down and across directions.
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Cross Math Puzzles
In this math puzzles activity, students fill in blanks in math puzzles, using given numbers to get answers shown at the bottom and right column. Numbers may be used only once.
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Quotable Puzzles
In this algebra puzzle activity, learners evaluate 25 different expressions using the values provided for a, b, c, x, y, and z. They then match the answer to the correct letter of the alphabet and use the letters to solve the quotation...
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Jigsaw Puzzle
In this jigsaw puzzle worksheet, students trace the letters around each shape, color each shape and then cut out the 12 pieces of the puzzle. Students shuffle the pieces together and then put the jigsaw puzzle back together.
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Fraction Puzzle
In this fraction worksheet, students fill in the provided boxes with the given fractions and whole number. Students must put the fractions in so that the sides of the puzzle equal 2 wholes, students need to knowledge of equivalent...
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Teaching Geometry Through Play
Puzzle your way through to a new understanding of area. Scholars learn about the area of polygons through equidecomposability, the idea that polygons that can be decomposed into the same set of pieces have the same area. By using...
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Missing Hundred Square
Kids are presented with the problem of finding the missing numbers to each of nine 100s squares. They'll need to subtract and add to make each puzzle equal 100. Great challenge or daily warm-up activity.
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Mathematical Treasure Hunt
The hunt is on! Young mathematicians follow clues and complete a series of ten math puzzles as they try to crack Dr. Integer's code and find the location of his hidden treasure.
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Sudoku Puzzle
In this Sudoku worksheet, students solve a puzzle by filling in the numbers 1-9 so that each number appears only once in each row going across and down and in each block of 9 squares. The numbers 1-9 also appear once in each color.