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  • Number Ball Puzzles

    These number ball puzzles from Naoki Inaba involve placing the specified numbers in each row and column. Cells with circles must be used. Cells with X’s may not be used.

  • Hidoku Puzzles Collection

    Hidoku Puzzles (also known as hidato puzzles) have been one of my go-to puzzles in my file cabinet of puzzles for several years now. I have had great success with getting students interested in these puzzles who haven’t been interested in other logic puzzles like Sudoku or KenKen. Somehow, these puzzles have never made an…

  • Step Puzzles (Arithmetic Sequence Puzzles)

    You’ll need some logical thinking in order to fill in the missing circles on these step puzzles from Naoki Inaba so the numbers on each line form an arithmetic sequence.

  • Kazu Sagashi Puzzles

    These kazu sagashi puzzles from Naoki Inaba involve searching for squares with the specified number of fruit pieces. They have always been a big hit with my students!

  • Monday Must Reads: Volume 56

    Yes, I know that yesterday was Monday. But, I’m reaching that point in the semester where I am in deep need of motivation and inspiration. So, I figured I should compile a new volume of Monday Must Reads – a weekly-ish round-up of Twitter awesomeness to get my brain running with new ideas. And, we’ll…

  • Monday Must Reads: Volume 53

    I can’t believe it is already Monday once again. The weekends seem to be going by faster and faster lately. I have several blog posts in the works that I need to finish and share. Hopefully I will be able to knock a few out before the next Monday Must Reads rolls around. If you’re…

  • Angle Mazes

    Put your knowledge of angles to the test to make it through the maze in these fun angle maze puzzles from Naoki Inaba! Puzzle Instructions Find a path through each maze by being able to recognize common angle measurements. Draw a path through the maze from S to G. Each time you pass through a…

  • Teaching Reflections: Year 5 (2016-2017)

    August 9, 2016 – Cabinet Organizing Today turned into a pretty productive day.   I read Smith and Stein’s 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions while waiting to have the alternator changed on our car.   According to my Amazon account, I actually purchased this book back in May of 2014!  It’s so sad that I’m…

  • Japanese Logic Puzzles for the Secondary Math Classroom

    Recently, I posted about some awesome area and volume puzzles created by Naoki Inaba.  While researching those puzzles and looking for possible online sources for them, I found some on Mr. Inaba’s website.  This led me to start wondering, “What kind of other puzzles has he created?” So, ever-curious me, decided to visit the rest…

  • Area Maze Puzzles (Menseki Meiro)

    Use your knowledge of area to solve each area maze puzzle for the missing length. No fractions are allowed in these fun logic puzzles from Naoki Inaba!

  • Shikaku Puzzles Collection

    Looking for a fun logic puzzle involving area? These free printable shikaku puzzles involve packing rectangles of given areas into a provided grid.