Rotated Square Puzzle

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This Rotated Square Puzzle challenges you to place the numbers 1 through 9 in the boxes of the rotated square so that the numbers in each horizontal row form a number which is a horizontal square.

This puzzle is the creation of L.P. Mochalov, and I found it in his book of Totally Tough Brainteasers. This is the same author who created the Star Pentominoes Puzzle and the Three Squared Puzzle that many of you have been using with your students recently.

The trickiest part of this puzzle is being familiar with your three digit perfect squares!

My free printable list of perfect squares might help out with this.

I also created a larger version of this puzzle. I planned to put disc magnets on it and put it on my dry erase board, but I ran out of magnets!

Instead, I’ve been using these magnetic pockets from Charles Leonard to share puzzles with my students that aren’t magnetic.

Students really enjoy just being able to grab a puzzle off the board and take it to their desk to solve.

Free Download of Rotated Square Puzzle

Rotated Square Puzzle (PDF) (2960 downloads )

Rotated Square Puzzle (Editable Publisher File ZIP) (1030 downloads )

Puzzle Solutions

I intentionally do not make answers to the printable math puzzles I share on my blog available online because I strive to provide learning experiences for my students that are non-google-able. I would like other teachers to be able to use these puzzles in their classrooms as well without the solutions being easily found on the Internet.

However, I do recognize that us teachers are busy people and sometimes need to quickly reference an answer key to see if a student has solved a puzzle correctly or to see if they have interpreted the instructions properly.

If you are a teacher who is using these puzzles in your classroom, please send me an email at sarah@mathequalslove.net with information about what you teach and where you teach. I will be happy to forward an answer key to you.

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, as fun activities in their workplace, or as a birthday party escape room.