Which Side of the Line Letters Puzzle
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In this which side of the line letters puzzle, the challenge is to determine on which side of the line does the letter “r” go.
I ran across this puzzle in The Big Book of Mind-Bending Puzzles by Terry Stickels and decided it would make a great puzzle to put up in my classroom. A few weeks ago, I did a very similar puzzle involving numbers that was a big hit with my students.
I typed up squares with each letter on it which I then laminated and placed disc magnets on the back of.
MATH = LOVE RECOMMENDS…
A laminator is a MUST-HAVE for me as a math teacher! I spent my first six years as a teacher at a school with a broken laminator, so I had to find a way to laminate things myself.
I’ve had several laminators over the years. I currently use a Scotch laminator at home and a Swingline laminator at school.
I highly recommend splurging a bit on the actual laminator and buying the cheapest laminating pouches you can find!
My idea with the magnets is that I like the idea of possibly having students design their own versions of this puzzle in the future to share with the class! I have not done that yet, though.
Trust me, you do not have to go to all of this work in order to use this puzzle with your students!
You could totally just write the letters above/below the line.
Or even easier, just project this image on your screen!
I also created a smaller version of the puzzle that prints three copies of the puzzle to a page.
Free Download of Which Side of the Line Letters Puzzle
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Which Side of the Line Letters Puzzle (PDF)
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Want even more free printable puzzles? Check out my puzzles page!
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!
THANKS!