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One way to introduce your
class to puzzling is to challenge them to brainteasing word or visual
problems. Brainteasers come in all varieties, and can offer a wide range
of different types of challenges.
Dear visitors, we change the way of updating this section. From
now the three puzzles every three weeks will be chosen among the PDF
Print 'n' Play versions of existing puzzles from all over the
Puzzles.COM site. Hope you'll enjoy them too!
Our primary recommendation is that you print them out onto transparency
sheets, and challenge your entire class at the same time. Alternatively,
you can print out the challenges and Xerox them for handouts to
individual students or in small groups. Either way, you'll get your kids
enjoying the opportunity to play puzzles as they learn! |
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From Five To Four |
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Leave just four squares instead of five making one of them disappear.
Move exactly two matches to reach this. Great puzzle gem! |
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The Dice Sum |
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A set of four dice, though not marked with spots in the ordinary way,
but with digits. When put together a plenty of different four-figure
numbers can be formed. How many? And what they all would add up to? |
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Harvest Craft Show |
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The 38th annual Harvest Craft show, put on by the Millersville Rotary
Club, was held last weekend. Held at the Millersville high school, the
craft show is an annual tradition for the townsfolk and always
attracts a large crowd... |
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Broken Checkerboard |
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Restore a simple 5x5 checkerboard from the six pieces scattered
around. Don't forget to alternate the colors of the cells. Are there
many ways to make the board? |
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Lace Loops |
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Place six color loops onto a 4x5 grid. No loop should touch any other
one; no loop should be left outside the grid’s borders. Is the grid
big enough to hold all the loops within strictly following the rules? |
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Pencil 'n' Paper 12 |
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A dozen of Pencil 'n' Paper puzzles presented in one PDF file. The
file comprises complete rules and solutions to the puzzles in its 28
pages. Download, print out and play! |
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Download PDF Version (717 KB) |
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Hexagon-Circle-Hexagon |
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The same circle is simultaneously inscribed in one regular hexagon and
circumscribed outside another regular hexagon. Is this information
sufficient to determine the ratio of the hexagons' areas? |
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A Bottle and a Cork |
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Is it difficult to figure out the exact costs of two things when you
know their total cost and a difference only? Don't let the figures
mislead you while counting. |
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Defining a Language |
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Language comes in many forms and can be as simple as a few hand
signals and sounds. So what defines a language? Here's Carl Sandberg's
take on the definition of slang. |
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Get a Greek Cross |
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A colorful set of seven pieces which have to be arranged into a Greek
cross. You can rotate the pieces or turn them over, but not overlap or
damage. How perfect your final shape of the cross will be? |
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Checkered Halloween |
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Put five simple pieces into a regular 8x8 checkerboard. A puzzle
adapted to the Halloween theme, though don't be scared of this... |
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Family Barbeque |
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Mark and Cynthia hosted a family barbeque for their Independence Day
celebration. The day dawned sunny and warm, but not too hot. A perfect
day for a family barbeque! They had a flock of family drop in to visit
throughout the day, but four in particular they were very happy to see
– their siblings with their own families. Both Mark and Cynthia had a
brother and a sister, and they didn’t get to see them much as they
both lived a fair distance away... |
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Last Updated:
November 22, 2007 |
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