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How do y’all feel about KenKen puzzles? Love them? Good. Me too.
Today I want to post about a program that you may not be aware of. It’s called KenKen Classroom. The premise is simple. Visit the link. Give them your e-mail. Then, watch your inbox every Friday for free KenKen puzzles that are formatted to use in your classroom.
Sure, there are plenty of places to find free KenKen puzzles online. But, these are exceptional. You get a new 9-page PDF every week!
Page 1 – Table of Contents and a weekly Kentertainment puzzle. Here’s a recent example. It’s ready to copy and paste into your PPT or SMART Board file with the help of your snipping tool (or the snapshot option in Adobe Acrobat)!

Page 2 – 3 x 3 Puzzles
Page 3 – 4 x 4 Puzzles
Page 4 – 5 x 5 Puzzles
Page 5 – 6 x 6 Puzzles
Page 6 – 1 7 x 7 Puzzle and 1 8 x 8 Puzzle
Page 7 – A Bonus Puzzle
Page 8 – Printable, Kid-Friendly KenKen Instructions
Page 9 – Answer Key
And, they send you a brand new 9 page set every Friday of the school year! Convinced you should sign up now?
This year, I’m keeping a challenge file full of logic puzzles and such for students who finish early. These are definitely going in there! I love that I can print and laminate the instruction sheet to put with the puzzles.
If your students enjoy KenKen puzzles, I would also recommend Hidato puzzles.
More Printable Paper and Pencil Logic Puzzles
- Sixes Number Challenge
- 3-1-4 Pi Day Number Challenge
- Sankaku Puzzles
- Strimko Puzzles in the Classroom
- Square Sudokus
- Make It Pythagorean Puzzles
- Number Ball Puzzles by Naoki Inaba
- Hidato Puzzles
- Step Puzzles by Naoki Inaba – A Logic Puzzle for Introducing Arithmetic Sequences
- Kazu Sagashi Puzzles from Naoki Inaba
- Factor Tree Puzzles Inspired by Dr. Harold Reiter
- Strimko Logic Puzzles Review
- Tents and Trees Puzzles
- Slants Puzzles
- Angle Mazes by Naoki Inaba
- Zukei Puzzles
- Japanese Logic Puzzles for the Secondary Math Classroom
- Area Maze Puzzles from Naoki Inaba
- Masyu Puzzles
- KenKen In The Classroom
- Futoshiki Puzzles
- Hashi Puzzles
- Shikaku Puzzles
- Nonogram Puzzles
- Digit Cells Puzzle
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Wednesday 19th of May 2021
My Students love these so much! A good way to get them intrested is to make is competivie
Unknown
Monday 3rd of June 2019
I want the answer keys
Ball Sudoku
Monday 11th of January 2016
I like this puzzle.
Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)
Tuesday 12th of January 2016
My students and I enjoy them as well.
Nancy in Indiana
Wednesday 16th of September 2015
I am a Kenken addict. When I volunteered to teach a 3rd grade advanced math group a few years ago, we did them, and the kids (who already love math) loved them.
Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)
Friday 18th of September 2015
These would be so fun to do with elementary kids!
MathOughts
Monday 14th of September 2015
Love KenKen, but struggle getting my middle schoolers to feel the same way. I DID hook another teacher on it last week. But most have no idea what KenKen is!
Sarah Carter (@mathequalslove)
Tuesday 15th of September 2015
Same here. I have a few kids each year who get really into it. The rest don't want to learn how to solve them. This is why I'm just using them as challenge work this year.