Make It Pythagorean Puzzles
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Use your knowledge of pythagorean triples to solve these tricky Make it Pythagorean puzzles from Dick Hess!
Looking for more printable geometry puzzles for your classroom? Here’s just a few examples of other geometry puzzles I have shared!
Puzzle Instructions
Insert the same digit (in any manner of your choosing) to each side of the triangle to form a right triangle.
Puzzle Source
I ran across these interesting puzzles in Golf on the Moon by Dick Hess (Dover Publications).
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!
Hello Sarah,
I feel upon your page while looking for an activity on Pythagorean Theorem for my 8th grade math class. I have been working on the problems above but can’t find the answers to all of them. Any change you are willing to share the answers with me?
Thank you in advance!
I’m going to send you an email, Wendy!
Sarah,
I would love to get the solutions to these as well!
Thanks!
Sent you an email, Lauren!
Thanks for sharing Sarah.