Tablet Apps

Puzzle apps are fantastic tools for training students to be creative mathematical thinkers. In addition, well-designed puzzle apps align perfectly with the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice:

Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them;
Reason abstractly and quantitatively;
Use appropriate tools strategically;
Look for and make use of structure;
Look for regularity in repeated reasoning

Here is a list of apps selected for their mathematical depth, game appeal, and ease of deployment.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/greg-mathematical-puzzle-game/id895726517?mt=8

GREG A Mathematical Puzzle Game is to combine numbers in the grid to match the given one. A simple mathematical game that will enhance your mental flexibility.

Classic Games

Tower of Hanoi!! (iPhone only)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tower-of-hanoi-!!/id394842345?mt=8

Master Mind Code Breaker

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mastermind-code-breaker-board/id843726202?mt=8

Gamified Puzzles

Slice It!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/slice-it!-free/id391046502?mt=8

Number-based Puzzles

KenKen

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kenken-classic/id485694706?mt=8

Nine Gaps (iPhone only)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ninegaps/id317223443?mt=8

Feeney, Patrick. "Games in the Mathematics Classrooms: There's an App for That!." Edutopia. The George Lucas Educational Foundation, 7 May 2014. Web. 6 Oct. 2014. <http://www.edutopia.org/blog/game-apps-in-math-class-patrick-feeney>.

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