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Grade(s): 5-8
Activities: 50
Pages: 63
The critical thinking and problem solving skills that are honed while solving puzzles are basic. They apply to every facet and subject area of learning. In solving puzzles, students make use of such thinking skills as logic, analysis, synthesis, sequencing, creativity, induction and deduction - and they must often use several of these simultaneously. They must observe, ask questions, consider strategies, try different strategies, visualize different possibilities, and figure out why one thing works and another does not.
All of these puzzles sharpen skills in math computation. Starting with addition, puzzles progress to using all operations with whole numbers fractions, decimals, exponential numbers and positive and negative numbers.
Find missing numbers, practice your computation, check answers, and solve equations as you crack codes, color hidden pictures, follow trails, find your way through mazes, play Bingo, locate mystery numbers, and untangle many other delightful puzzles. The puzzles make heavy use of graphic and other visual clues, and often require you to color or draw so keep your markers and crayons handy.
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