Equation Puzzle
This equation puzzle has been sitting in folder of puzzles to print/share since 2018. I’ve decided to make “FINISH” my 2021 word of the year. It may still be 2020, but I’m determined to get a jumpstart on finishing off this list of things I’ve meant to blog about for ages.
In this equation puzzle, you must place the numbers 1-9 once each in the empty squares so that each horizontal and vertical equation is true.
I found this puzzle in The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Puzzles by The Diagram Group. You can check it out for free virtually from the Internet Archive’s Online Lending Library. This is a great way to see if a puzzle book actually has the types of puzzles that will interest you and your students.
This is the same puzzle book responsible for the Eight Lettered Squares Puzzle and the Playing Card Puzzle.
I printed off the equation puzzle and cards with the numbers 1-9 already printed on them to make this puzzle easier to solve for my students.
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Equation Puzzle (PDF)
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Equation Puzzle (WORD)
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Want even more puzzles? Check out my puzzles page!
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!
