Square Search Puzzle Collection
These free printable square search puzzles are a creative way to fit in practice with both adding whole numbers and integers. Can you find the 2×2 squares in the grid with the target sum?
What is a Square Search Puzzle?
A square search puzzle is a puzzle made of a rectangular grid where each cell of the grid is filled with a number. The goal of the puzzle is to identify 2×2 squares within the grid which sum to a target number.
Here’s an example of a 100 Square Search puzzle where the goal is to find exactly six 2×2 squares which sum to the number 100.
Whole Number Puzzles
These square search puzzles only involve adding positive whole numbers, making them suitable for students as young as elementary school!
Integer Puzzles
These integer square search puzzles involve adding positive and negative integers, making them suitable for middle school and high school students!
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!
