Puzzles

Want to stretch that brain? Prepare to be puzzled!

Mobile Puzzles are a fun way to introduce Algebra and use your logic

Help the Dung Beetle travel by using logic and physics to clear his path

Draw lines, focus on order, and use gravity to fill the cup in Sugar, Sugar

If the world were a village, what would it look like? Try it for yourself along with other thoughtful puzzles.

Check out the brain teasers, puzzles, and questions by other math students at the NCTM

Can you create a number sandwich or turn an egg into a bird? Try out the puzzles at NRICH

Try your best at NumTanga, Math Tango, and Coin Bubbles with Greg Tang.

Enjoy this collection of online logic puzzles at FreeKids

Kakooma:

Kakooma starts with a deceptively simple idea: in a group of numbers, find the number that is the sum of two others. Sounds easy, right? Sometimes it is, but other times the answer is right in front of you and you just can’t see it. To solve a single puzzle, you often end up doing dozens of calculations in your head, sometimes more than a hundred! Before you know it, your mind is sharper and your math skills are better.

Button Beach Challenge:

Solve all three levels of brain teasers and logic problems to reach the treasure.

PowerLine1:

Place the power cells in the correct circles to advance to the next level.

Powerlines 2 Powerline3

Tower of Hanoi:

Move all of the rings from the left pole to the right pole so the numbers are ordered greatest to least. It's harder than you think!

Hanging out with Fibonacci. Combine numbers that are next to each other in the Fibonacci sequence to make bigger numbers. See if you can get to 2584! Play this classic strategic board game.

Math Content Area Games

Use your brain to figure out how much the poddle weighs!

Practice your number sense with some fancy gorillas

Pour to Score Game

How well do you know your metric measurements? Try this game

Measuring Practice - cm and inchesRags to Riches Metric Millionaire Game

Test your conversion knowledge (m and cm)

Work at Sal's Sub Shop for some practice reading a ruler (and making subs!)


Visual Math


Amazing Line Designs: Isometric Cubes - can you do it too??

Get some practice with Tessellations

Line Art Illustration by Lionel Deimel 2000-2007

Comic (Amend 2005)