Number Chain Puzzle Collection
These number chain puzzles challenge you to find a path across the puzzle grid that visits each number exactly one time.
What is a Number Chain Puzzle?
Number Chain Puzzles are a type of logic puzzle invented by Leonid Mochalov, a Russian puzzle creator.
Each puzzle consists of a rectangular grid containing numbers from 1 to N in each cell. The goal of the puzzle is to draw a single continuous line from the upper left corner of the grid to the lower right corner. The line must include each number from 1 to N exactly once.
Below, you will find an example of a 1-10 number chain puzzle.
EXAMPLE PUZZLE:
EXAMPLE SOLUTION:
Number Chain Puzzles
Puzzle Solutions
Puzzle solutions are available on a password-protected solution page. I do not openly post the puzzle answer keys because one of my goals as a resource creator is to craft learning experiences for students that are non-google-able. I want teachers to be able to use these puzzles in their classrooms without the solutions being found easily on the Internet.
Please email me at sarah@mathequalslove.net for the password to the answer key database featuring all of my printable puzzles and math worksheets. I frequently have students emailing me for the answer key, so please specify in your email what school you teach at and what subjects you teach. If you do not provide these details, I will not be able to send you the password.
Not a teacher? Go ahead and send me an email as well. Just let me know what you are using the puzzles for. I am continually in awe of how many people are using these puzzles with scouting groups, with senior adults battling dementia, or as fun activities in their workplace. Just give me enough details so I know you are not a student looking for answers to the puzzle that was assigned as their homework!
