PUZZLES

Every JRMF puzzle is hands-on and designed to promote collaboration, play, and problem-solving.

After selecting a puzzle, you’ll find these free resources:

1) Activity Guide (materials, instructions, and puzzle sheets)
2) Beginner Version (for PreK – 2nd grade students)
3) Spanish Version
4) Padlet (allows you to try out the activity digitally)

All of our materials are provided for free to support personal, educational, and community use. We ask that you do not use JRMF content for resale or paid programming.

3rd - 12th Grade Logic

3-in-a-Row

Can you be the first player to get 3-in-a-row?

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For All Ages Logic

Apple Picking

After a long day of picking apples, can you eat the last, juiciest apple?

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3rd - 12th Grade Number

Arithmagons

Which number should you place in the circle?

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3rd - 12th Grade

Arrows

Each number needs the right amount of arrows pointing to it. Can you make that happen?

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For All Ages Logic

Bridges

Can you build a bridge that connects all of the islands?

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For All Ages Shape

Changing Colors

Can you make two of each shape? But they can't share the same colors!

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3rd - 12th Grade Logic

Chicken Mazes

Can you jump your way from start to finish?

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For All Ages Logic

Color Mazes

Can you jump your way from start to finish?

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3rd - 12th Grade Logic

Connect the Dots

Can you connect all of the dots?

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3rd - 12th Grade Logic

Corners

Can you cover all the squares without going outside the lines?

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For All Ages

Cover Up

Cover up some of the squares so that there is the right number of stars in each row and column.

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For All Ages Number

Dice Bingo

Can you make a winning bingo card?

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3rd - 12th Grade Number

Dice-Tac-Toe

Be the first player to get three numbers in a row!

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For All Ages Logic

Domino Dissection

Can you tile the board using each domino exactly once?

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For All Ages Logic

Dot Parties

Can you make parties of connected squares and dots?

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3rd - 12th Grade Logic

Four Corners

Can you be the first player to make a square?

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3rd - 12th Grade Shape

Gerrymandering

Can you split up each puzzle so that more than half of the groups are purple groups?

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3rd - 12th Grade Logic

Go the Distance

Can you follow each puzzle’s clues to place all of the pieces into the row?

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3rd - 12th Grade Logic

Happy Tiles

Can you cover up all of the sad faces?

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For All Ages Logic

Honey Bears

Can you place the bears around the honeypots?

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3rd - 12th Grade Logic

Honeycomb

Can you be the first player to finish building the honeycomb?

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For All Ages Logic

Jumping Julia

Can you jump your way from start to finish?

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3rd - 12th Grade Logic

Meeple Town

Can you find all the places where the Meeple can live?

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For All Ages Logic

Mosaics

Can you make each mosaic?

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3rd - 12th Grade Logic

Not So Close

Can you be the last player to make a move?

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For All Ages Shape

Pentominoes

Can you find a way to cover the shapes with pentominoes?

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3rd - 12th Grade Shape

Poly Puzzles

Can you build a polyhedron using the shapes in each puzzle?

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3rd - 12th Grade Logic

Rainbow City

Can you fill in each house so that neighbors are never the same color?

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3rd - 12th Grade

Rectangles

Draw rectangles of the right size. Can you fill up the whole grid?

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3rd - 12th Grade Logic

Rook’s Move

Race your friends to get the rook to the end of the chessboard. Can you find a way to win every time?

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3rd - 12th Grade Logic

Shape Mazes

Can you jump your way from start to finish?

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3rd - 12th Grade Logic

Skyscrapers

Help the city planner build up the city with new skyscrapers.

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For All Ages Logic

Star Battle

Can you place the stars on the grid?

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3rd - 12th Grade Shape

Wolves and Sheep

Keep your sheep safe from the wolves!

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3rd - 12th Grade Logic

Yin-Yang

Can you fill each grid with red and yellow tokens?

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