Integer Activities and Puzzles
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Keep your students engaged while learning about positive and negative numbers with this collection of free printable integer activities and logic puzzles.
Strategies for Introducing and Modeling Integers
Integer Operations Work Mat with Sea of Zeros
This free printable integer operations work mat provides students an organized format to model integer operations problems using either colored counters or a number line approach.
Integer WODB Tasks
Adding and Subtracting Integers
Integer Square Search Puzzles
These integer square search puzzles have you on the hunt for 2×2 squares within the grid that add up to the target sum.
A fun way to practice adding integers!
Adding and Subtracting Integers WODB
This Which One Doesn’t Belong task from Deana Deichert (WODB Numbers #39) is a great conversation starter for adding and subtracting integers.
Integer Magic Square Puzzles
This collection of integer magic square puzzles was created by the late Don Steward, a prolific creator of mathematics teaching resources from the United Kingdom.
Fill in the missing squares so that each row, each column, and each diagonal have the same sum.
Adding Integers Open Middle Puzzle
This Adding Integers Open Middle Puzzle from Erick Lee gives students nine integers to place in three groups. The goal of the puzzle is to group the integers so that the sums of the groups are as close together as possible.
Christmas Tree Integer Addition Puzzles
Put your integer skills to the test to find the missing numbers to complete each of these Christmas Tree Integer Addition Puzzles.
The number in each cell of the Christmas tree is the sum of the two numbers directly below it. Fill in the missing numbers to complete the Christmas tree.
Treasure Hunt Worksheet for Adding and Subtracting Integers
Erick Lee shares a free self-checking worksheet over adding and subtracting integers with a fun treasure hunt theme.
Students will solve the 18 addition and subtraction problems involving integers. Each time a student solves a question, they will mark it off of the map. When all of the questions are answered, one number will remain on the map. This is the location of the treasure!
123 Switch Card Game for Adding/Subtracting Integers
Tom DeRosa shares a fun and educational card game for practicing adding and subtracting integers called 123 Switch.
The only thing you need to play this game is a deck of playing cards!
Circle Zero Puzzle
Can you place the black digits in the spaces within the overlapping circles so that each circle adds up to zero?
This Circle Zero puzzle is the creation of NVLM. The website does take a bit of time to load. You could also make this into a paper and pencil activity!
Integer Placement Puzzle
This integer placement puzzle was created by the late Don Steward, a prolific creator of mathematics teaching resources from the United Kingdom.
Place the numbers 1, -2, 5, and -7 in the boxes to make the given numbers.
Integer Joins Puzzle
Erick Lee created this Integer Joins Puzzle after being inspired by problem 54 from Mathematical Challenges for Able Pupils.
Join any four numbers on a 4×4 grid filled with integers. Students can create their own or the teacher could provide a grid already filled. Find the total of the four joined numbers.
Joins can go up, down or sideways, but not diagonally. Find the highest possible score. Find the lowest possible score. Find the score closest to zero.
Integer Yohaku Puzzle
Fill in the cells of the yohaku grid with 9 consecutive numbers to get the integer totals shown in each row/column when the integers are added.
Multiplying and Dividing Integers
Multiplying Integers Magic Square Puzzles
This integer multiplication magic square puzzles were created by the late Don Steward, a prolific creator of mathematics teaching resources from the United Kingdom.
Fill in the missing squares so that the product of each row, column, and diagonal are equal.
Mixed Integer Operations Practice
Diamond Problems
These diamond problems from Shaun Carter require students to understand the rules for adding and multiplying integers.
Complete each diamond so that the numbers on the left and right multiply to the integer on top and add to the integer on bottom.
These diamond problems are often used to prepare students for factoring quadratic trinomials, but they can be introduced as integer practice long before students know anything about factoring!
Create Your Own Integer Problems Task
Fill in the Blank Integer Problems
This collection of fill-in-the-blank integer puzzles was created by the late Don Steward, a prolific creator of mathematics teaching resources from the United Kingdom.
For each puzzle, choose 3 different numbers from -1, 2, -3, 4, and -5 to make the equation true.
Integer Mystery Worksheet
Erick Lee has created an excellent (and free) Integer Mystery worksheet which was inspired by Richard Perring @LearningMaths and many are printed in his book Talking Maths from The Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM).
In this puzzle worksheet, students must evaluate the nine integer expressions (involving adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing integers) in order to figure out where to place the expressions in the 9×9 grid so that all of the clue statements are satisfied.
Integer Radiating Puzzles
This collection of integer radiating puzzles was created by the late Don Steward, a prolific creator of mathematics teaching resources from the United Kingdom.
These puzzles involve placing specified integer operations in the circles to achieve the results in the outer circles.
Don actually created another style of these integer radiating puzzles as well:
Miscellaneous Resources for Teaching Integers
