Brain games and puzzles
Maze Maker
Design your own maze on squared paper with one true path and lots of dead ends, then swap with a friend.
Thinking sheet · Brain games and puzzles
Guess My Number
Read the clues and find each mystery number, then write clues for a mystery number of your own.
- Grades
- 1–4
- Time
- about 15 minutes
- Kids practice
- number sense, odd and even, logic
What kids do
“Use the clues to find each mystery number!”
- Read the clues
- Clues for my mystery number
- My number as a creature
- My secret number (fold this line under!):
How to run it
- Read one clue at a time and cross out numbers that don’t fit.
- A number line or hundred chart helps.
- Swap clue puzzles with a partner.
Talk about it
- Which clue narrowed it down the most?
- Can a puzzle have two answers?
- What makes a good clue?
Take it further
Write clues for a number between 50 and 100.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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