Valentine’s Day Kakuro Puzzles
These Valentines Kakuro Puzzles are the perfect printable logic puzzle for Valentine’s Day since they feature a heart in the center of the puzzle.
This puzzle is just one of many free printable kakuro 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.
Looking for more Valentine’s Day activities and puzzles for your classroom? Here’s a few examples of the other Valentine activities I have created.
What are Kakuro Puzzles?
Kakuro Puzzles are a grid-based logic puzzle that involves placing the numbers 1-9 in the blank squares. These puzzles have also been known as Cross Sums or Cross Addition puzzles.
The grid is divided into horizontal blocks which include a clue on the left side of the block and vertical blocks which include a clue on the top of the block.
Here’s a sample kakuro puzzle and solution.
Place the numbers 1-9 in the blocks so that the sum of the numbers in the blocks are equal to the horizontal and vertical clues. Importantly, no number may be used more than once in the same block.
Valentine’s Day Kakuro Instructions
Complete the heart grids with the numbers 1-9 so that the sum of each horizontal block is equal to the clue on its left and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used more than once in the same block.
Free Download of Valentine’s Day Kakuro Puzzles
These heart kakuro puzzles are available to download as a PDF and as an editable PowerPoint file.
Valentine’s Day Kakuro Puzzles (PDF)
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PPT (in ZIP Folder)
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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!
