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Math Puzzles

Stretch your math muscles with these puzzles.

Graphic shows a six-by-six square grid. If the grid columns were labeled from left to right with letters A through F and the rows from top to bottom with numbers 1 through 6, icons would be placed as follows: robot in square B6; star in F1; arrow indicating a 90-degree clockwise turn in A2, A4, A5, A6, B3, B5, D1, D3, D5, D6, E1, E2, E4, F2 and F4.
GamesMay 23, 2026

Math Puzzle: The lost robot

Jack Murtagh
Illustration of 18 matches arranged at right angles to show the mathematical expression “seven ninths equals three.”
GamesMay 16, 2026

Math Puzzle: Fix the matchstick equation

Heinrich Hemme
Red numbers on blue background
GamesMay 9, 2026

Math Puzzle: The unlikeliest palindrome

Jack Murtagh
Graphic shows two sets of 12 matchsticks arranged into outlines of shapes. One set forms a square, and the other set forms a cross.
GamesMay 2, 2026

Math Puzzle: Build the matchstick polygon

Martin Gardner
A white puzzle piece is arrayed near a gap in other white puzzle pieces.
GamesApril 25, 2026

Math Puzzle: The balanced jigsaw

Jack Murtagh
Conceptual photo illustration of many blue clocks showing different times made from paper cutouts laid out in a pattern
GamesApril 18, 2026

Math Puzzle: The arrow of time

Jack Murtagh
Diagram shows an eight-by-eight square grid with the letter A in the upper left corner, B in the lower left, D in the upper right, C in the lower right, and A, B, C and D in consecutive cells of the fifth row, from left to right, starting in the fifth column.
GamesApril 11, 2026

Math Puzzle: A disassembly job

Heinrich Hemme
An angular set of cliffs juts into the sea, tiny people just visible along its top edge
GamesApril 4, 2026

Math Puzzle: Find the highest point

Heinrich Hemme
Golden gears nestle together on a circular piece of metal
GamesMarch 28, 2026

Math Puzzle: A good ‘Gizmo’ is hard to find

Jack Murtagh
Your bracket shows A and B playing a game, with B winning; C and D playing a game, with D winning; and B and D playing the championship game, with B winning.
GamesMarch 21, 2026

Math Puzzle: March Math-ness

Emma R. Hasson
Cartoon renderings of the mathematical symbol pi with pizza toppings on them
GamesMarch 14, 2026

Math Puzzle: Pi Day mishap

Jack Murtagh
Fireworks trace out the number 456
GamesMarch 7, 2026

Math Puzzle: Tricky calculation

Emma R. Hasson
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