Paul Swan's Maths Challenges

Teaching at Home: Problem Solving Challenges

The 4 perplexing puzzles for each year grouping can be downloaded altogether and answers are included.

Perplexing Puzzles - Years 1 & 2

Perplexing Puzzle #1

Perplexing Puzzle #2

Perplexing Puzzle #3

Perplexing Puzzle #4

Perplexing Puzzles - Years 3 & 4

Perplexing Puzzle #1

Perplexing Puzzle #2

Perplexing Puzzle #3

Perplexing Puzzle #4

Perplexing Puzzles - Years 5 & 6

Perplexing Puzzle #1

Perplexing Puzzle #2

Perplexing Puzzle #3

Perplexing Puzzle #4

Perplexing Puzzles - Years 7 & 8

Perplexing Puzzle #1

Perplexing Puzzle #2

Perplexing Puzzle #3

Perplexing Puzzle #4

Problem of the week

To highlight the role of Problem Solving in Mathematics Paul Swan has provided a “Problem of the Week”.

Simple suggestions and ideas for helping students solve the problems are provided.

Problem #1

Problem #3

Problem #5

Problem #7

Problem #9

Problem #2

Problem #4

Problem #6

Problem #8

Problem #10

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