Puzzles & Games

By asking questions and exploring the world through an open path to discovery, take a journey through the garden of math with its many paths to explore. The exercise encourages …

Martin Games consists of two games each with 9 nodes. The first game features the nine different letters within MARTIN GARDNER and the second features the 6 different letters within …

An Amazon queen is an immortal chess queen. Like a chess queen, she can move forward, backward, diagonally, or in a straight line. In this 2-player game, each player has …

Be the first player to move all pieces across and off the board to win this 2-player strategy game. Decide between defensive and offensive strategy as you choose to move …

First, complete the puzzle by using each of the letters from ‘Celebration of Mind’ three times to fill in this puzzle with 13 words. Then, play head-to-head to cover up …

Martin Gardner recounts 25 years of puzzles and discoveries in this Scientific American article. Many of his very own puzzles are featured and their mathematical solutions are described in depth …

Do square permutations always exist? Work through solutions and scenarios through this exploration activity. Submitted by: James Tanton Time Required: 30 minutes You’ll Need: paper and pencil Download Activity

Explore the complexities in dividing squares into triangles. How many different ways can you divide a square into triangles of equal area? Attempt to answer this question, and others, while …

Robert A. Hearn’s Martin Gardner-inspired, coin-sliding puzzle takes sliding-coin puzzles to the next level. Instead of solving the puzzle in the fewest number of moves, these puzzles are similar to …

The Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival has gathered 44 pages of fun, mathematical puzzles. Solve squareable and trapezoidal numbers, staircase numbers, word and non-word puzzles, logic puzzles, and more with these …

This selection of coin Puzzles was first submitted by ThinkFun, now part of Ravensburger, as part of their Puzzle Playground. As the original website no longer exists we have been …

Use revealed segments of digits to fill in each grid’s cells made of of numbers 1 through 9. With their Sudoku-like style, these unique visual challenges are quite addictive! Submitted …

Use visual spatial reasoning to cut each shape into the number of identical parts shown. Rotation and/or reflection of pieces are allowed, making solutions more challenging than puzzles initially appear. …

How quickly can you solve three of Puzzlium’s most challenging puzzles? Put your writing instrument and scissors to the test in these logic and visual spatial challenges. Submitted by: Peter …

These elegant logic puzzles are played with black and white colored counters and an open grid. Arrange them into challenges of your own and see how long it takes you …

Based on Leonard Euler’s Semi Magic Squares. Arrange the 16 cubes into a magic square, find a partner and play a magic cube game where you take turns placing the …

If you’re thinking you don’t know much about Armand T. Ringer and therefore won’t have much success at a related crossword puzzle, think again. This poet and math enthusiast might …

A collection of 12 classic games that were part of the Portuguese Championship of Mathematical games (2004-2013). Each of the selected games strengthens focus, visualization, forward thinking, and problem solving …

Can you figure out what fraction of each shape is shaded? It seems tricky but you don’t even need a paper or pencil to solve these simple puzzles—just look carefully …