Problem Solving Games and Activities
Problem Solving Activities
Copyright©2005-15. Council Rock School District.
(Site designed by Charyl Kerns Hills & supported by Council Rock's Math Specialists)
Great activities for the Standards for Mathematical Practice.6/17/15
| Skyscraper Caper | Holiday fun from DreamBox. |
| SEEDS Together | Help Beau in Ghana make a transformation. |
| Construction Fall + | Plan ahead to make structures fall. |
| Sandcastle Builder | Test your building skills without the mess of sand. |
| Surf's Up | Primary maze. |
| $100 Word Calculator | Continue the search from Dana's Fun Night. GO DANA!! |
| Animal See Saw | Don't tip the scale in this Count ON strategy game for 2. |
| Lemonade Stand | Test your business sense in honor of Alex's Lemonade Stand. |
| Math Cats | Great math thinking games. |
| Rush Hour | M. Riedel's version of this logic sliding puzzle. |
| Traffic Jam | Help people exchange places from Math Forum. |
| Wally's Stock Ticker | Learn about stocks. |
| Wonderopolis | Each day a new question is posed. |
| Classics | |
| Chinese Checkers | |
| Illuminations Concentration | Multiple math concept versions. |
| Copy Cat Jack! | New spin on Simon. |
| Hare & Hounds | French board game. |
| IQ | Classic solitaire peg game. |
| Marbles | Classic strategy game with a new twist. |
| Memory Concentration | Memory concentration game. |
| Nine Men's Morris | Classic strategy game. |
| Pegjumper | Classic solitaire peg game. |
| Senet | From the British Museum-an ancient Egyptian game. |
| Simon | Classic memory game. |
| Summer Slide | Timed summer slide puzzle. |
| Snakes & Ladders | Classic counting board game for 1 or 2. |
| Sokoban | Strategy game from Japan. |
| SET | A game of attributes & visual perception. |
| New York Times SET | 4 new puzzles daily. |
| Quiddler | Short word game. |
| Xactika | Card game of predictions & estimation. |
| Bridges | |
| Brainbasher Bridges | Daily logic puzzle connect the islands. |
| Chess | |
| Chess | |
| Chess Boss | Interactive chess against opponents. |
| Hangman Chess | Play to learn chess terms. |
| Connect 4 | |
| Connect 4 | Electronic version. |
| Dots Game | |
| Dots Math Game | Connect dots to close off squares. |
| Invent! | |
| Inventors' Workshop | Log in at PBS to create inventions. |
| I Was Wondering | Science games promoting women scientists. |
| Kakooma | |
| Greg Tang's | 5 challenging levels with various operations. |
| Kakuro | |
| Brain Basher Kakuro | Daily timed puzzle with combinations given. |
| Kakuro Online | 4 challenging levels to play on the computer. |
| Kakuro | Another interactive version with 3 levels. |
| Kenkuro | |
| KenKen | NY Times 6 new puzzles daily. |
| KenKen Classroom | Ken Ken up to 9 x 9. |
| Mathdoku | More Ken Ken with 4 levels. |
| Logic | |
| Frog Puzzle | Devise a strategy to cross frogs. |
| Goat Crossing | Safely cross the goats. |
| Guess My Number | Primary number riddle game. |
| Pico.. | Guess the number with Pico, Fermi, Bagels. |
| Puzzler's Paradise | Interactive logic problems. |
| Mancala | |
| Mancala Snails | Challenge a friend or computer with this African strategy game. |
| Mancala Online | Version from Math Playgroud. |
| Nim | |
| Disc Nim | Nim with 36 discs. |
| Nim | Challenge the computer with 16 Nim playing pieces. |
| Proton Nim | Nim with protons. Try on various levels. |
| Matchstick Nim | Try 3 levels of Nim with 21 matchsticks. Reversed versions can also be played. |
| Scaredy Cats | Nim with cats in a 4 x 4 array. Created by W. Petti. |
| Numbrix | A consecutive number logic puzzle. |
| Pentominoes | |
| Pentominoes | Electronic version. |
| Pentomino Challenges | Electronic pentomino puzzles. |
| Pentomino Square | Create a square with pentominoes. |
| Pic-a-Pix | |
| Pic-a-Pix | Logic puzzles from Conceptis. |
| Shikaku | |
| How-To | Tutorial to help. |
| Shikaku Room | Create your own puzzle & solve. |
| Sudoku | |
| Count On Sudoku | 5 levels of daily puzzles. |
| JigSawdoku | Use color in this 6 x 6 puzzle. |
| Kids Shape Sudoku | Printable shape Sudoku puzzles. |
| Sudoku | 4 challenging levels to play on the computer or print out. |
| Sudoku Spoiler | Solves any Sudoku puzzle & times itself. |
| Tetris | |
| Math Cats Tetris | Another electronic version. |
| Toothpick Puzzles | |
| Learning Tree Puzzles | Matchstick (toothpick) puzzles from the UK. |
| Venn Diagrams | |
| Oops Hoops | I SPY challenge with hoops. |
| Yahtzee | |
| Electronic Yahtzee | Solitary interactive version. |
| Problems & Puzzles | |
| AIMS Puzzle Corner | Try a variety of puzzles here. |
| Bedtime Math | Great daily differentiated problems for the love of math. |
| Creativity Challenges | PBS Parent Creativity Challenges. |
| Figure This! | Math challenges by topic. |
| Kidprintables Brain Teasers | Ages 8 and up. |
| Math Olympiad | New problem monthly. |
| Mathwire | Problem resources for gr. 3 & 4. |
| nrich | Monthly enriching games, puzzles, articles, etc. |
| Number Fix | Great writing for meaning ideas. |
| Math Contest | Math Contest from Ole Miss. |
| Math or Magic | |
| Amazing Age | An age card trick. |
| Calendar Magic | Learn a calendar trick. |
| Magic Gopher | Decide math or magic. |
| Mysterious Mind Reader | Follow online directions for some "magic." |
Problem Solving Activities
Copyright©2005-14. Council Rock School District.
(Site designed by Charyl Kerns Hills & supported by Council Rock's Math Specialists)
Great activities for the Standards for Mathematical Practice.6/20/14
| Skyscraper Caper + | Holiday fun from DreamBox. |
| SEEDS Together | Help Beau in Ghana make a transformation. |
| Construction Fall + | Plan ahead to make structures fall. |
| Sandcastle Builder | Test your building skills without the mess of sand. |
| Surf's Up | Primary maze. |
| $100 Word Calculator | Continue the search from Dana's Fun Night. GO DANA!! |
| Animal See Saw | Don't tip the scale in this Count ON strategy game for 2. |
| Lemonade Stand | Test your business sense in honor of Alex's Lemonade Stand. |
| Math Cats | Great math thinking games. |
| Rush Hour | M. Riedel's version of this logic sliding puzzle. |
| Dr. M's Rush Hour | Another version of this classic. |
| Another Rush Hour | More Rush Hour. |
| Traffic Jam | Help people exchange places from Math Forum. |
| Wally's Stock Ticker | Learn about stocks. |
| Classics | |
| Chinese Checkers | |
| Illuminations Concentration | Multiple math concept versions. |
| Copy Cat Jack! | New spin on Simon. |
| Hare & Hounds | French board game. |
| IQ | Classic solitaire peg game. |
| Marbles | Classic strategy game with a new twist. |
| Memory Concentration | Memory concentration game. |
| Nine Men's Morris + | Classic strategy game. |
| Pegjumper + | Classic solitaire peg game. |
| Senet | From the British Museum-an ancient Egyptian game. |
| Simon | Classic memory game. |
| Summer Slide | Timed summer slide puzzle. |
| Snakes & Ladders | Classic counting board game for 1 or 2. |
| Sokoban | Strategy game from Japan. |
| SET | A game of attributes & visual perception. |
| New York Times SET | 4 new puzzles daily. |
| Quiddler | Short word game. |
| Xactika | Card game of predictions & estimation. |
| Bridges | |
| Brainbasher Bridges | Daily logic puzzle connect the islands. |
| Chess | |
| Chess | |
| Chess Boss | Interactive chess against opponents. |
| Hangman Chess | Play to learn chess terms. |
| Connect 4 | |
| Connect 4 | Electronic version. |
| Dots Game | |
| Dots Math Game + | Connect dots to close off squares. |
| Invent! | |
| Inventors' Workshop | Log in at PBS to create inventions. |
| I Was Wondering | Science games promoting women scientists. |
| Kakooma | |
| Greg Tang's + | 5 challenging levels with various operations. |
| Kakuro | |
| Brain Basher Kakuro | Daily timed puzzle with combinations given. |
| Kakuro Online | 4 challenging levels to play on the computer. |
| Kakuro | Another interactive version with 3 levels. |
| Kenkuro | |
| KenKen | NY Times 6 new puzzles daily. |
| KenKen Classroom + | Ken Ken up to 9 x 9. |
| Mathdoku | More Ken Ken with 4 levels. |
| Logic | |
| Frog Puzzle | Devise a strategy to cross frogs. |
| Goat Crossing | Safely cross the goats. |
| Guess My Number | Primary number riddle game. |
| Pico.. | Guess the number with Pico, Fermi, Bagels. |
| Puzzler's Paradise | Interactive logic problems. |
| Mancala | |
| Mancala Snails | Challenge a friend or computer with this African strategy game. |
| Mancala Online | Version from Math Playgroud. |
| Nim | |
| Disc Nim | Nim with 36 discs. |
| Nim | Challenge the computer with 16 Nim playing pieces. |
| Proton Nim | Nim with protons. Try on various levels. |
| Matchstick Nim | Try 3 levels of Nim with 21 matchsticks. Reversed versions can also be played. |
| Scaredy Cats | Nim with cats in a 4 x 4 array. Created by W. Petti. |
| Numbrix + | A consecutive number logic puzzle. |
| Pentominoes | |
| Pentominoes | Electronic version. |
| Pentomino Challenges | Electronic pentomino puzzles. |
| Pentomino Square | Create a square with pentominoes. |
| Pic-a-Pix | |
| Pic-a-Pix | Logic puzzles from Conceptis. |
| Shikaku | |
| How-To + | Tutorial to help. |
| Shikaku Room + | Create your own puzzle & solve. |
| Sudoku | |
| Count On Sudoku | 5 levels of daily puzzles. |
| JigSawdoku | Use color in this 6 x 6 puzzle. |
| Kids Shape Sudoku | Printable shape Sudoku puzzles. |
| Sudoku | 4 challenging levels to play on the computer or print out. |
| Sudoku Spoiler | Solves any Sudoku puzzle & times itself. |
| Tetris | |
| Math Cats Tetris | Another electronic version. |
| Toothpick Puzzles | |
| Learning Tree Puzzles | Matchstick (toothpick) puzzles from the UK. |
| Venn Diagrams | |
| Oops Hoops | I SPY challenge with hoops. |
| Yahtzee | |
| Electronic Yahtzee | Solitary interactive version. |
| Problems & Puzzles | |
| AIMS Puzzle Corner | Try a variety of puzzles here. |
| Bedtime Math | Great daily differentiated problems for the love of math. |
| Creativity Challenges | PBS Parent Creativity Challenges. |
| Figure This! + | Math challenges by topic. |
| Kidprintables Brain Teasers | Ages 8 and up. |
| Math Olympiad+ | New problem monthly. |
| Mathwire | Problem resources for gr. 3 & 4. |
| nrich | Monthly enriching games, puzzles, articles, etc. |
| Number Fix | Great writing for meaning ideas. |
| Math Contest | Math Contest from Ole Miss. |
| Math or Magic | |
| Amazing Age | An age card trick. |
| Calendar Magic | Learn a calendar trick. |
| Magic Gopher | Decide math or magic. |
| Mysterious Mind Reader | Follow online directions for some "magic." |