A magic square maths variation on the sliding puzzle used in the Letter Blocks resource. Use this on an IWB, computer, iPad or Android device to take up the challenge of making each row, column and the two diagonal lines add up to 12. The catch is that one of the numbers cannot move and […]
A mathematical based puzzle for IWB, iPad and Android that requires some careful numeracy thinking and some informed trial and error. When the resource opens you will see that both multiplication calculations give the same result of 3634. The highest number that can be the answer for both calculations using each of the nine digits […]
Another IWB, iPad and Android compatible teaching and learning resource for problem and puzzle solving. Encourage children to think about how to efficiently approach problems and not to give up by setting them this simple to understand puzzle. The goal is to reverse the order of the counters so that there are 3 purples, then […]
This teaching resource, compatible with iPad, Android and IWB is another puzzle for encouraging children to work on their problem solving skills. It is a variation on the traditional 15 Puzzle. Slide the tiles around until they run in alphabetical order from the top left.. Solving it in any number of moves is one challenge […]
This iPad, Android,and IWB teaching resource is another puzzle for encouraging children not to give up on problems and to develop problem solving skills. To solve the puzzle all of the stars must be grouped together and so must the pentagons. The two empty spaces can be left at either end of the row. Each […]
This iPad, Android, IWB compatible teaching resource is a variation on this one except it is much easier, perhaps too easy. This one is from this book, the follow up to the book that the previous resource was in and can be found here. Simply swap the numbers around until they add up to 14 […]
This teaching resource is compatible with PCs and tablets both Android and iPad and phones too. It is a math/logic puzzle taken from this book. It is easy to understand, uses only simple addition, but is challenging to solve. It is useful for mixed ability groups as the whole class will be able to grasp […]