Arrows Everywhere! (addition)

Arrows Everywhere! (addition)

Arrows Everywhere! (MathPickle, 2025) Here are the grids you’ll need to play this puzzle on paper, but if you happen to have a square tiled flooring in your school – watch the video below and use the big arrows that you’ll also find in that pdf....
Steamrolled! (addition or algebra)

Steamrolled! (addition or algebra)

Steamrolled! (MathPickle, 2025) If you are in grades 1-3, all you need is addition and good thinking. If you are in junior high, you can use algebra to tackle more difficult steamrolled puzzles. Make your own or try to solve mine here.   Teaching is an...
Zebra (multiplication game)

Zebra (multiplication game)

Zebra (Néstor Romeral Andrés, 2010) (Reimagined by Dalhousie University Graduate Students, 2025) The 7×7 board in the video is too big for grade four. Start with a smaller board. Here are a whole bunch to choose from: Pencil & Paper version (2 colours of...
Rotten Apples (multiply, factor)

Rotten Apples (multiply, factor)

Rotten Apples (Rainer Bedrich, 2022) Gather fallen apples. The gathered apples must form a loop where each adjacent pair has one apple is the multiple of another. The apples which are not gathered go rotten, so try to gather the most possible. Even if a student sets...