Play a fun brain game with this great printable. The way you play is simple. Use your imagination to fold the shape labeled number 1 into a three dimensional school house. Then look at the eight school houses shown below it. One of them is the way the school house will look when folded, can you figure out which one? … [Read more...]
Subtract a Matchstick
This puzzle is a lot like the wildly popular "Add a Matchstick" activity that I'm sure all of you are familiar with. The twist is that instead of adding one matchstick, you must take one away so that the math sentence is true. Once again, here is a rundown of the roman numerals used: I = 1, II = 2, III = 3, IV = 4, V = 5, VI = 6, VII = 7, VIII = 8, IX = 9, X = 10, XI = 11, … [Read more...]
Zebra Matching
A crazy cloning experiment at the local zoo has produced an exact replica of one of these zebras! Can you find which two zebras are identical to one another? Stripes, tails, eyes, manes, ears and feet are all important things to look at when you are searching for the matching pair. … [Read more...]
Add a Match Stick
Make each math sentence true by adding one matchstick anywhere you want when you play this fun activity. If you can't remember your roman numerals, here is a quick rundown. I = 1, II = 2, III = 3, IV = 4, V = 5, VI = 6, VII = 7, VIII = 8, IX = 9, X = 10, XI = 11, XII = 12, XIII = 13, XIV = 14, XV = 15, XVI = 16, XVII = 17, XVIII = 18, XIX = 19 and XX = 20. … [Read more...]
Monkey Matching
In honor of Monkey Mondays, we bring you a monkey of a spot the differences puzzler. Out of these five sets of three monkeys, there are two that are mirror images of one another. Look carefully at their hands and you will find the answer faster than you can say "banana split!" … [Read more...]
Donkey Pairs Matching
A wise man once told me that you can never have too many donkeys. For many years I was skeptical, until I found this awesome donkey printable. The object of this activity is to find the four pairs of mirror image donkeys. It was so much fun to do that I wish I had a million pairs of donkeys to find. That's right, a million! … [Read more...]
Button Match
As a little girl, I loved looking through my mother's button tin. I especially loved to find all the matching buttons and that's why I really like this button puzzle. All but one row of buttons has a mirror image. Can you find all the pairs as well as the odd row out? Download and print this free PDF to get started! … [Read more...]
Identical Pirates
Arrrrgh kids! What do you do when there are six pirates all claiming to be the same pirate when we all know good and well that only two can be the same pirate? You find the four imposters and make them walk the plank! Or, if you're too lily-livered, you cheat and look at the answer on the second page of this download. … [Read more...]
