Mathematical puzzle Facts for Kids

Mathematical puzzles make up an integral part of recreational mathematics. They have specific rules, but they do not usually involve competition between two or more players. Instead, to solve such a puzzle, the solver must find a solution that satisfies the given conditions. Mathematical puzzles require mathematics to solve them. Logic puzzles are a common type of mathematical puzzle.

Conway's Game of Life and fractals, as two examples, may also be considered mathematical puzzles even though the solver interacts with them only at the beginning by providing a set of initial conditions. After these conditions are set, the rules of the puzzle determine all subsequent changes and moves. Many of the puzzles are well known because they were discussed by Martin Gardner in his "Mathematical Games" column in Scientific American. Mathematical puzzles are sometimes used to motivate students in teaching elementary school math problem solving techniques. Creative thinking (Thinking outside the box) often helps to find the solution.

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List of mathematical puzzles

List of mathematical puzzles

Numbers, arithmetic, and algebra

Tiling, packing, and dissection

Bedlam cube
Conway puzzle
Mutilated chessboard problem
Packing problem
Pentominoes tiling
Slothouber–Graatsma puzzle
Soma cube
T puzzle
Tangram

Involves a board

Conway's Game of Life
Mutilated chessboard problem
Peg solitaire
Sudoku

Chessboard tasks

Eight queens puzzle
Knight's Tour
No-three-in-line problem

Topology, knots, graph theory

The fields of knot theory and topology, especially their non-intuitive conclusions, are often seen as a part of recreational mathematics.

Mechanical

0-player puzzles

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