Shape Grid Puzzle
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You’ll need logical thinking skills and knowledge about triangles, quadrilaterals, and trapezoids to solve this tricky shape grid puzzle!
Looking for more printable geometry puzzles for your classroom? Here’s just a few examples of other geometry puzzles I have shared!
Puzzle Instructions
The goal of the puzzle is to divide the grid into geometric shapes. Any lines you draw must follow either the grid lines or the diagonals of the grid squares.
Each shape that you draw must contain exactly one shape icon inside. This icon must agree with the shape formed by the lines.
This puzzle requires a knowledge of triangles, trapezoids, and quadrilaterals.
Puzzle Source
This puzzle is the creation of Erich Friedman. Erich is one of my favorite puzzle creators. He has a section of his website called “Puzzle Palace” that is chock-full of thousands of puzzles.
I discovered this specific puzzle in Puzzle Box, Volume 2. I absolutely love this series of three puzzle books.
They have completely changed my attitude towards using puzzles in the classroom, and in a way they have changed the trajectory of this blog and what I share.
Digital Version of Shape Grid Puzzle
Kathy Henderson has put this shape grid puzzle into Desmos Activity Builder.
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!
Need help! Struggling to solve, but also struggling to support my students on the Shape Grid.