Pentominoes Puzzle Collection
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Let this be your one-stop-shop for using pentominoes in the classroom. You will find printable pentominoes puzzle pieces as well as a wide variety of pentominoes shapes to build.
What are Pentominoes?
Pentominoes is a special name given to the set of polygons formed by connecting five squares along their edges. There are twelve distinct pentominoes that can be formed in this manner.
Printable Pentominoes
If you are unable to purchase a class set of plastic pentominoes or if you want to make sure each child has a set of their own pentomino pieces, printing your own pentominoes and cutting them out can work, too.
I recommend printing them on cardstock or laminating them for durability. I create all of my printable pentominoes templates to be used with pentomino shapes made up of 1 inch squares.
When using these printable pentominoes with students, please make sure they know that THEY ARE ALLOWED TO FLIP THE PIECES OVER. This isn’t always clear since one side will have a printed outline and the other side will not.
Additionally, make sure you are printing at “Actual Size” or 100% Scale to make sure the pentominoes pieces print as 1″ squares.
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One Inch Pentominoes (PDF)
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Rectangle and Square Pentominoes Puzzles
Note: some of these pentominoes puzzles do not use an entire set of 12 pentominoes. These are all part of my collection of 13 printable pentominoes challenges which make a great introduction to pentominoes for students!
Animal Pentominoes Puzzles
Vehicle and Transportation Pentominoes Puzzles
Miscellaneous Pentominoes Puzzles
Seasonal and Holiday Pentominoes Puzzles
Spring Pentominoes Puzzles
Summer Pentominoes Puzzles
Coming Soon
Fall Pentominoes Puzzles
Winter Pentominoes Puzzles
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!
