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Vandalism 101

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners explore logic and use Geometer’s Sketchpad and patterns of logic to solve a puzzle.
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Wind Logic Puzzles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students listen to books on wind energy for background knowledge. In this wind logic puzzle, students use knowledge of wind energy and critical thinking skills to complete logic puzzles. Students may work in groups or individually as...
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Logic Puzzle-- Shopping at a Garage Sale

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math logic puzzle, students read the story about 5 children shopping at a garage sale. Using the provided chart grid, students read the clues and determine what each child bought and how much each spent for their purchase.
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Logic Puzzles

For Students 4th - 6th
In this logic puzzle worksheet, students read 2 clues pertaining to a logic puzzle. They then solve the puzzle by filling in the grid provided. Students can click on the Check box to determine whether their answer is correct or...
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Three+Four=Seven

For Students 7th - 10th
In this math cryptogram activity, learners add the words three and four to get the word seven. Each letter stands for a different number.
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Baseball Lineup

For Students 8th - 12th
In this deductive resoning worksheet, students use 9 clues do determine which player plays each position on a baseball team.
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Logic

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concepts related to the study of logic. They solve logic puzzles in order to stimulate thinking and engage different types of learners. The lesson includes helpful dialogue to use with students during various...
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Sudoku Puzzle

For Students 7th - 12th
In this Sudoku puzzle, learners solve a given Sudoku puzzle. The solution to the puzzle is provided at the bottom of the page. Links to other puzzles are provided.
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What is the Smallest Number of Pourings Needed?

For Students 10th - 12th
In this word problem worksheet, students solve the problem of how to give two students two quarts of milk each with an empty five-quart pail and an empty four-quart pail.  The students are provided with two ten-quart cans full of...
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Case of the Broken Eggs

For Students 4th - 6th
In this case of the broken eggs instructional activity, students put their problem solving skills to use as they solve the 2 puzzles that require them to work with fractions.
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Activity Plan 5-6: Architects at Work

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars build on what they know to make new discoveries. In this early childhood lesson plan, students engage in a block-building activity to develop language, math, and fine-motor skills.
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Tangram Pieces

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this math worksheet, students create a tangram puzzle by coloring and cutting out the pattern pieces for a standard seven piece tangram puzzle.
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Word Search Y5 Fractions

For Students 4th - 8th
In this fractions word search worksheet, students locate and identify 15 fraction-related words in the word bank within the word search puzzle.    
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The Five Houses

For Students 7th - 12th
In this deductive reasoning learning exercise, students use clues to tell the nationality, beverage, snack, house color and pet of five people.
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The Monopoly Game

For Students 9th - 11th
In this monopoly worksheet, students examine clues describing plays in a monopoly game.  Students collect the clues and determine the rank, in order, of the game results.  This one-page worksheet contains 1 multi-step...
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Math Pyramid

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this math instructional activity, students practice solving the problems by finding the values of the numbers listed in each of the six pyramids.
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Language of Algebra

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Don't rush into algebra, let learners visualize, guess, and predict their way to a successful math career. The introductory unit incorporates beginner algebraic concepts with shapes instead of variables. Young mathematicians use a...
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Magic Squares

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this magic squares worksheet, students practice their addition skills as they solve four 3x3 magic square puzzles by identifying the common sums.
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How Many Ways?

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this math puzzle worksheet, students are given 10 buttons on the page, and they are to arrange the buttons in the 3 boxes provided. Students fill in the chart to find out how many ways they can put the buttons in the boxes.
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Two More Toffees

For Students 1st - 4th
For this math puzzle worksheet, students read about one mouse who has 2 more toffees than the other mouse. They are to determine how many toffees each mouse could have. Students find as many possible answers as they can and record them...
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Codebreakers

For Students 6th - 7th
In these code breaking activity worksheets, students complete 9 pages of activities for math puzzles and code breaking activities.
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Sunshine Math-3: Mars, XIX

For Students 6th - 8th
In this math skills worksheet, middle schoolers solve the 8 problems on the page using various math skills. The problems involve math puzzles, story problems, logic games and basic algebra.
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Pumpkin Multiplication and Division Facts Puzzle

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice multiplication and division facts while completing a pumpkin coloring sheet.  In this multiplication and division lesson, 5th graders color based on the answers and the color key.  
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Logic

For Students 8th - 11th
In this logic worksheet, students read logic puzzles. They use tables and Venn diagrams to organize data and determine the answer to the question. This ten-page worksheet contains 16 problems. Answers are provided on the last half of the...