My 25 Favorite Math Puzzle Websites

My 26 Favorite Math Puzzle Websites

Linda Lightfoot

1. Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles

http://www.cut-the-knot.com/

Puzzles for all ages and abilities.

Raymond Smullyan, a Mathematician, Philosopher and author of several outstanding books of logical puzzles.

2. Math Puzzles.com

http://www.mathpuzzle.com/

Puzzles for all ages and abilities.

Martin Gardner celebrates math puzzles and Mathematical Recreations.

3. Brain Teasers and Math Puzzles

http://www.syvum.com/teasers/

Puzzles for all ages and abilities.

This page contains the ever-growing list of brain teasers and math puzzles on Syvum.

4. Brain Teasers Kids’ Place

http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/

Puzzles for grades 3-8.

This page contains math puzzles and brain teasers for elementary and middle school kids.

5. AIMS Puzzle Corner

http://www.aimsedu.org/puzzle/puzzlelist.html

Puzzles for all ages and abilities.

The goal of the AIMS Puzzle Corner is to provide teachers with a variety of interesting puzzles that can be used to create a learning environment where students engage in doing mathematics just for the fun of it!

6. The Null Set: Puzzles and Games: Mathematical Puzzles

http://www.princeton.edu/~mathclub/puzzles4.html

Puzzles for all ages and abilities.

Simple, easy, hard and impossible puzzles.

7. Math.com

http://www.math.com/students/puzzles/puzzleapps.html

Puzzles for young and not so young adults.

Math isn't only about numbers - math skills are found in puzzles and games too. Take a look at this collection of games from all over the world.

8. Nancy Casey

http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~casey931/

Math projects for not necessarily math people.

9. The Math Forum @ Drexel

http://mathforum.org/k12/mathtips/

K-12 math puzzles from the Math Forum.

10. YAHOOLIGANS Directory

http://www.yahooligans.com/school_bell/math/Games_and_Puzzles/

For all grades.

Homework help and math puzzles.

11. flooble :: perplexus

http://www.flooble.com/perplexus/

Middle school and beyond.

Flooble's perplexing puzzle - collects all sorts of puzzles, from simple logic questions and word tricks to in-depth math problems like probability and geometry.

12. Shack’s Math Problems

http://www.thewizardofodds.com/math/

Anyone with an appreciation of a good math problem should find something they like here, with problems ranging from basic math to differential equations. Each problem also comes with a difficulty rating from one to four stars.

13. Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching

http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/puzzles/puzzindx.htm

High school and adult

Advanced math puzzles used in competitions.

14. Interactive Fun Puzzles

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/2200/puzzles.htm

Puzzle fun for all ages.

Two levels of puzzles with animated solution.

15. Erich’s puzzle place

http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/puzzle.html

Puzzle for all ages

Very visual puzzles created for the World Puzzle Championship.