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Futoshiki Puzzles for Critical Thinking and Logical Reasoning Digital and Print

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Futoshiki Puzzles for Critical Thinking and Logical Reasoning. Similar to sudoku puzzles, these puzzles are fun and promote brain power and logical problem-solving. Includes a blank Futoshiki student answer sheet, 10 printable Futoshiki puzzles (use in centers or individually, or for projection on a whiteboard), and 5 sets of 4 puzzles for a group Furoshiki race to solve. Teacher directions include how to make reusable dry erase answer sheets so you can save ink, and suggestions for teaching s

5th - 8th

Math

CCSS

MP1

LOGIC PUZZLES with 5 Little Monsters Critical Thinking Deductive Reasoning GATE

Created by

Barbara Evans

LOGIC PUZZLES with 5 Little Monsters provide an engaging, interactive, digital activity for exercising logic and reasoning skills. Best suited for 2nd – 4th graders, students will exercise deductive reasoning, inferencing, drawing conclusions, problem solving, sequencing, and computation. Learners will read a set of clues that lead them to the solution. LOGIC PUZZLES with 5 Little Monsters is available exclusively on TPT Easel. This platform works on any device suitable for digital learning.

2nd - 4th

Math

CCSS

MP1

LOGIC PUZZLES for ST. PATRICK'S DAY Critical Thinking Sudoku Algebraic Reasoning

Created by

Barbara Evans

LEPRECHAUN LOGIC PUZZLES provide an engaging, interactive, digital activity for exercising logic and reasoning skills. Best suited for 2nd – 4th graders, students will exercise deductive reasoning, inferencing, drawing conclusions, problem solving, sequencing, and computation. Your students will work on up to eleven slides. Five puzzles present a set of clues that learners must use to solve the puzzle. Two puzzles are introductory Sudoku challenges. The final four puzzles are algebraic thinki

2nd - 4th

Math

CCSS

MP1

LOGIC PUZZLES - Cat-tastrophe! Critical Thinking Problem Solving

Created by

Barbara Evans

Cat-tastrophe! LOGIC PUZZLES provide an engaging, interactive, digital activity for exercising logic and reasoning skills. Best suited for 2nd – 4th graders, students will exercise deductive reasoning, inferencing, drawing conclusions, problem solving, sequencing, and computation. Learners will read a set of clues that lead them to the solution. Cat-tastrophe! LOGIC PUZZLES is available exclusively on TPT Easel. This platform works on any device suitable for digital learning. No print prod

2nd - 4th

Math

CCSS

MP1

Snowman Visual Logic Puzzles

Created by

Everyday Learning

Snowman Visual Logic PuzzlesBuild critical thinking and visual discrimination skills with this colorful snowman-themed picture task card set. Using visual-spatial skills and logic, students look for shared characteristics in order to decide which 1 of 4 snowmen belongs to the group. No reading required! Go Paperless!Assign the Easel Assessment version of this product through your learning management system. Students have fun completing the self-checking critical thinking brainteasers on their

K - 5th

Math

Writing Numerical Expressions Task Cards | Digital & Printable | Grades 5–6

Created by

Mrs B's Best

Build student confidence with writing numerical expressions — a key step toward algebraic thinking! These Writing Numerical Expressions Task Cards give students repeated practice translating words into numerical expressions using correct operations and order of operations. This Early Bird task card set is flexible, standards-aligned practice that works both digital and printable, making it perfect for math centers, small groups, review, or independent practice. 📦 What’s Included 24 task ca

5th - 6th

Algebra, Math

CCSS

5.OA.A.1

, 5.OA.A.2

, 6.EE.A.2

Also included in: Bundled 4 Savings: Numerical Expressions and Order of Operations

Patriotic Math Logic Puzzle Enrichment Activity Addition Sums to 20 July 4th

Created by

The 4x6 Store

Great activity for July 4th, Flag Day, or Memorial Day! These task cards introduce beginning algebraic thinking concepts and critical thinking skills! This enrichment activity provides a creative review with a fun Fourth of July theme for addition doubles and sums to 20. The product includes:* PDF 16 numbered color puzzles * Student answer sheet and answer key * PPT of the 16 task cards NOTE: If you already own the Holiday Sums to 20 Bundle, this product is included in the FREE download!!Other R

1st - 2nd

Math

CCSS

1.OA.A.1

, 1.OA.C.6

, 1.OA.D.8

Also included in: Math Enrichment Logic Puzzle Brain Teaser Task Card Mega Bundle

Patriotic Math Logic Puzzle Enrichment Activity Multiplication Task Cards

Created by

The 4x6 Store

Great activity for July 4th, Flag Day, or Memorial Day! These task cards introduce beginning algebraic thinking concepts and critical thinking skills! This enrichment activity provides a creative review with a fun patriotic theme for multiplication fact fluency. Perfect for math centers, substitute teacher activities, and morning warm ups! The product includes Fourth of July:* PDF 16 numbered color puzzles * Student answer sheet and answer key * PPT of the 16 task cards NOTE: If you already own

3rd - 4th

Math

CCSS

3.OA.A.4

, 3.OA.B.6

, 3.OA.C.7

Also included in: Math Enrichment Logic Puzzle Brain Teaser Task Card Mega Bundle

Balancing Algebraic Equations, Mobile Math Printable Logic Puzzles 4th 8th Grade

Created by

Master Xuan

Mobile math puzzles help students build the logic of balancing algebraic equations and solving systems of equations. Students will figure out the weight of the shapes for the mobile to make the mobile balance. The thinking used in these puzzles is the same as the logic used behind solving simultaneous linear equations. With colorful and visual shapes, students will be engaged. This resource includes:★ A link to access Digital Task Cards on the Boom Learning website ★ Printable + Answers ★ Eas

4th - 8th

Algebra, Math

CCSS

8.EE.C.8

ST. PATRICK'S DAY LOGIC PUZZLES Outwit the Wee Lads

Created by

Barbara Evans

These LOGIC PUZZLES provide an engaging, interactive, digital activity for exercising logic and reasoning skills for St. Patrick's Day. Best suited for 3rd – 5th graders, students will exercise deductive reasoning, inferencing, drawing conclusions, problem solving, logical thinking, lateral thinking, and computation. OUTWIT THE WEE LADS is available exclusively on TPT Easel. This platform works on any device suitable for digital learning. No print product is available with this download.

3rd - 5th

Math

CCSS

MP1

, MP2

, MP4

Venn Puzzlers Level B [Distance Learning]

Created by

WonderFun Learning

Challenging Venn diagram math puzzles based on nursery rhymes! A fun way to improve problem-solving skills, learn to use visual diagrams to organize information, strengthen abilities to analyze data and see relationships, and practice reading for details—all while exercising math skills. 48 puzzles (one per page). For grades 3rd-6th. Note: These puzzles were originally published by MindWare as Venn Perplexors Level B. Please visit my TpT store for more puzzles: Evelyn Christensen Puzzles-Math-an

3rd - 6th

Math

FREE Math Intervention Chat™ | 5th & 6th Grade Partial Products | Diagnostic

Created by

Bright Spirit Studio

⭐Math Intervention Chat™: Diagnostic Companion Freebie A warm, digital‑first diagnostic tool for revealing your learner’s multiplication reasoning. Perfect for 5th & 6th-grade interventions, or advanced 4th-grade reasoning. This freebie includes two complete Chat Scripts, a Teacher Guide, Warm Transfer Keys, Diagnostic Error Analysis, and both Google Slides and PDF versions. Everything is designed to help you see your learner’s thinking clearly and respond with calm, predictable prompts.

4th - 6th

Basic Operations, Numbers, Other (Math)

CCSS

5.NBT.B.5

, 6.NS.C.7

Coin Clue Puzzles Level A [Distance Learning]

Created by

WonderFun Learning

Delightful mind-stretchers that: • Reinforce names and values of coins and counting money • Provide practice with concepts of more/less, odd/even, before/after/between, ordinal numbers, and symmetry • Strengthen reading or listening skills • Encourage following directions • Build reasoning and logic skills The object of each puzzle is to put coins in a line to match the clues. The suggested age range is K-3. The book has 108 puzzles. Note: The puzzles were first published by Nasco

K - 3rd

Math

Clip Clue Math Puzzles [Distance Learning]

Created by

WonderFun Learning

Want to give your students’ brain cells a real workout? Then these are the puzzles for you! Use knowledge of sums, differences, products, fractions, symmetry, and order to create paperclip chains that match the clues. Great for gifted students and anybody who likes a challenge. A fun way to keep minds active during the summer or on trips. Appropriate all the way up to adults, so you can enjoy a family puzzle time. 66 puzzles. 24 pages. Note: 35 of these puzzles were originally published by MindW

4th - 7th

Math

Coin Clue Puzzles - Making Change [Distance Learning]

Created by

WonderFun Learning

Cash in on fun learning while mastering the skill of making change. Knowing how to make change is important. Coin Clue Puzzles - Making Change is loaded with engaging puzzles designed to help students become proficient and confident when changing coins. Clever clues also build logic and deductive reasoning skills. First figure out the change (with the correct number of coins) that should be received from a purchase. Then add in some extra, designated coins. Finally, put all the coins in correct

2nd - 5th

Math

7,000 pancakes Multi-digit multiplic. & two-digit divisor division enrichment

Created by

Stop and Smell the Roses

7,000 pancakes is a problem solving activity I have used with my students for many years and finally decided to share! Students are shown a graphic depicting the amount served on an average Sunday by the IHOP at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. I group students in small groups and then students choose 4 questions to solve from a list of six multi-step problem solving problems. Next, each group of students create their own multi-step group problem which they get checked by the teacher and then

4th - 6th

Math, Other (Math)