Puzzles

Logic and number puzzles with one correct answer.

PuzzleGrades 3 to 4Grades 5 to 6Grades 7 to 8

Calcudoku puzzles

Arithmetic Latin-square puzzles: fill the grid so every cage hits its target. Each puzzle has exactly one solution.

PuzzleGrades 1 to 2Grades 3 to 4Grades 5 to 6

Product Sudoku puzzles

A 4×4 sudoku where circles show the product of two neighboring cells. Practices factors and logic together.

PuzzleGrades 3 to 4Grades 5 to 6

Arithmagon puzzles

Triangles where each side is the product of two circles. Find the circle numbers.

PuzzleGrades 1 to 2Grades 3 to 4

Multiples mazes

Mazes where you may only step on multiples of a chosen number. One route, no guessing.

PuzzleGrades 3 to 4

Multiplication number search

Find hidden multiplication facts in a grid of numbers: two factors followed by their product.

PuzzleGrades 3 to 4Grades 5 to 6

Times-table circle patterns

Connect the ones digits of a times table around a circle to draw a star or polygon.

PuzzleGrades 1 to 2Grades 3 to 4

Secret sentence decoders

Solve multiplication facts to decode a short, readable sentence.

PuzzlePre-K to KGrades 1 to 2Grades 5 to 6

Sum triangles

Triangles where each side is the sum of the two circles it joins, to fill in by adding or by working back.

PuzzleGrades 1 to 2Grades 3 to 4Grades 5 to 6

Number pyramids

Pyramids where each block is the sum of the two blocks below it, with some blocks given and the rest to work out.

PuzzlePre-K to KGrades 1 to 2

Mystery addition tables

Addition tables with the headers hidden: work out the headers, then fill in the table.

PuzzlePre-K to KGrades 1 to 2Grades 3 to 4Grades 5 to 6

Sudoku puzzles

Logic grids with no arithmetic: fill each row, column and box with every shape or number once, with one solution for each puzzle.

PuzzlePre-K to KGrades 1 to 2

Counting mazes

Mazes that follow the counting order: 1 to 20, or skip counting by 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s.

PuzzleGrades 5 to 6

Prime number mazes

Mazes where you may only step on prime numbers, with one route and no guessing.

PuzzleGrades 5 to 6

Equivalent fraction mazes

Mazes where you may only step on fractions equal to a target fraction, with one route and no guessing.

PuzzleGrades 7 to 8

Expression mazes

Mazes where every square is an expression and you step only on the ones equal to the target.

PuzzleGrades 1 to 2

Color by sum pictures

Color every square whose sum makes the target number, for example 10, to reveal a hidden picture.

PuzzleGrades 7 to 8

Color by inequality pictures

Substitute a value for x and color every square whose inequality is true to reveal a picture.

PuzzleGrades 1 to 2

Addition number search

Find hidden addition facts in a grid of numbers: three in a row where two of the numbers add up to the third.

PuzzleGrades 7 to 8

Pythagorean triple search

Find hidden Pythagorean triples in a grid of numbers: three in a row where the squares of two add up to the square of the third.

PuzzleGrades 1 to 2Grades 3 to 4Grades 5 to 6

Cross-number puzzles

A crossword where every clue is a calculation and every answer is a number written one digit per box.

PuzzlePre-K to KGrades 1 to 2Grades 3 to 4

Number stories

Short stories with boxes to fill: each box is the result of an addition, subtraction, multiplication or division fact.

PuzzlePre-K to KGrades 1 to 2Grades 3 to 4

Word searches

Word searches for sight words, phonics patterns and ten topics, with every word hidden exactly once.

PuzzleGrades 1 to 2Grades 3 to 4

Word ladders

Change one letter at a time to climb from the top word to the bottom word, using the words in the bank.

PuzzleGrades 1 to 2Grades 3 to 4Grades 5 to 6

Scrambled words

Unscramble the letters to spell a word from a topic, where the letters can spell only that one word.

PuzzlePre-K to KGrades 1 to 2Grades 3 to 4

Secret code words

Use a number code to find hidden words from a topic, a phonics pattern or a sight word list.