Equal Sums Puzzle: Place the numbers 1 to 5 in the triangular diagram so that the sum of the numbers on the vertices of the smaller triangle is equal to the sum of the numbers on the vertices of the larger triangle.

Another excellent puzzle from IREM de Lyon!

https://mathequalslove.net/equal-sums-puzzle/

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U Sums Puzzle - This is another excellent puzzle that I translated from the math puzzle book published in French by IREM de Lyon.

https://mathequalslove.net/u-sums-puzzle/

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New Puzzle Alert:
Magic H Puzzle (Translated from French from the excellent book of free math puzzles from IREM de Lyon)

https://mathequalslove.net/magic-h-puzzle/

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With the 100th Day of School coming up soon, I decided to create a 100 Days of School Square Puzzle. My husband helped me write some code to generate these square puzzles quite quickly, so if you have an idea for a different themed puzzle, I'd love to hear it!

https://mathequalslove.net/100th-day-of-school-puzzle/

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It is definitely going to feel like winter this weekend and early next week here in Oklahoma. BRRR! So I thought I would make a winter hat puzzle to use with my students next week as our puzzle of the week.

https://mathequalslove.net/winter-hat-puzzle/

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Looking for winter-themed math activities and puzzles? I created a brand new one-stop winter activity page on my blog.

https://mathequalslove.net/winter-math-activities-and-puzzles/

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Now that I'm officially on holiday break, I have finally got around to updating my yearly number challenge puzzle page to include the 2024 Challenge. I'm excited about this year's puzzle!

https://mathequalslove.net/yearly-number-challenge/

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This week we're tackling Erich Friedman's Holiday Triples Puzzle. Can you arrange the letter trios to form words related to the holiday season?

https://mathequalslove.net/holiday-triples-puzzle/

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There was so much positive response to the Halloween Triples Puzzle that I decided to make a Thanksgiving version!

https://mathequalslove.net/thanksgiving-triples-puzzle/

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Looking for a quick fall-themed or Halloween themed game to play with your students? Check out this Picking Pumpkins game which is a holiday-themed adaptation of Wythoff's game.

The person who picks the last pumpkin wins!

https://mathequalslove.net/picking-pumpkins-game/

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