Tape Sudoku Puzzles
Ever wondered what would happen if we took sudoku and made it circular? Check out this sudoku-variant called “Tape Sudoku” that is played on a circular ring with 18 sections.
This puzzle is just one of many free printable sudoku puzzles that I have created for my own classroom and am sharing with you!
Be sure to check out my entire collection of free printable logic puzzles.
What is Tape Sudoku?
Tape Sudoku is a sudoku-variant that features a circular ring divided into 18 sections. The numbers 1-6 must be placed into these sections exactly 3 times each so that no two identical numbers or consecutive numbers are touching one another.
For example, a 2 can be next to a 4, but it cannot be next to another 2 or a 1 or 3.
Example Puzzle and Solution
Here is an example tape sudoku puzzle and solution to help you understand the rules.
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Printable Puzzle Details
This packet of free printable tape sudoku puzzles features four levels of puzzles – easy, medium, hard, and challenging. Each level of puzzles features 16 different puzzles for you to solve. This is a total of 64 tape sudoku puzzles over 16 pages for you to enjoy.
As you can see below, the number of clues greatly decrease as the puzzle difficulty increases.
Files for Tape Sudoku
These tape sudoku puzzles are available as a PDF file and as an editable PPT file. The PowerPoint file will need to be unzipped before you can edit it.
Tape Sudoku Puzzles (PDF)
2 saves – 2.29 MB
PPT (in ZIP)
Click here to SAVE the file to your device.Tape Sudoku Puzzles (PPT in ZIP)
0 saves – 7.03 MB
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!
