Terrier Pentominoes Puzzle
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Can you assemble a standard set of 12 pentominoes to form the image of a terrier?
This puzzle is just one of many printable pentominoes puzzles that I have created for my own classroom and am sharing with you!
Be sure to check out my entire collection of hands-on puzzles for the classroom.
Puzzle Instructions
I’m continuing the theme of sharing a weekly pentominoes animal puzzle with this week’s terrier puzzle. My students who tackled last week’s penguin pentominoes challenge were super excited to see a new animal puzzle to take on.
Can you arrange a set of twelve pentominoes to form the shape of a terrier?
Puzzle Source
I discovered this dog-shaped pentominoes puzzle on Abaroth’s Pentomino Zoo. This site has 21 different pentomino animal puzzles. Each puzzle features an image which must be created using a full set of 12 pentominoes.
Printing and Prepping the Puzzle for the Classroom
I printed three copies of the terrier pentominoes puzzle on 11 x 17 cardstock. Often Amazon will list packages of this cardstock as “used.” This usually just means that the outside packaging has been torn. I am often able to pick these packages up for 50% off as a result.
I printed this puzzle on 11 x 17 paper since the pentominoes I have in my classroom are made up of 1-inch squares. I wanted my students to be able to lay the pentominoes pieces directly over the terrier outline.
MATH = LOVE RECOMMENDS…
Amazon offers several brands of plastic pentominoes which I recommend. Each brand is sold in a tub containing six sets of twelve pentominoes each for a total of 72 pentomino pieces.
- Learning Resources Rainbow Pentominoes
- Learning Advantage (edxeducation) Pentominoes
- Didax Colorful Pentominoes
Want each student to have their own set of pentominoes? I also offer a set of free printable one-inch pentominoes pieces which can be laminated or printed on cardstock for durability.
If you don’t have a class set of plastic pentominoes, I do have a printable version of 1-inch pentominoes available to download and print. Please be aware that you MUST allow students to turn over the printed pentominoes pieces in order to solve the puzzle! This is less obvious than with the plastic pentominoes pieces.
I placed each set of pentominoes in a magnetic pocket below the puzzle on the dry erase board. I like this method of displaying the puzzles because students are able to easily grab the pocket of pentominoes and take them back to their desks.
I did an almost identical set-up for my Penguin Pentominoes Puzzle last week!
I also re-used my Pentominoes Challenge Poster I made to hang above a set of 13 free printable pentominoes puzzles I shared earlier in the year.
One of my students who was unable to figure out the penguin puzzle last week was able to solve this week’s terrier puzzle. They were so excited! They even started working ahead on next week’s puzzle since I already had it printed.
Hint Cards
A set of four hint cards is available to download for students (or teachers) who might need a bit of assistance in solving the puzzle!
Free Download of Terrier Pentominoes Puzzle
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Terrier Pentominoes Puzzle 11 x 17 (PDF)
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Pentominoes Challenges Poster 11 x 17 (PDF)
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Hint Cards
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Pentominoes Terrier Hint Cards (PDF)
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If you are enjoying these pentominoes puzzles, be sure to check out my Penguin Pentominoes Puzzle, my Frog Pentomino Puzzle, my set of 13 Free Printable Pentominoes Puzzles and the Star Pentominoes Puzzle.
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!
