Digital files

Below are links to the digital files which are provided in Maths Puzzles for KS3/KS4. Following a link to a digital file may open the file within a browser window. To save a file so that it can be opened in the relevant software and edited, right-click on the link and select Save Target As.... See the Introduction for more guidance on using digital files.

Number

The stupid gardener (worksheet)

The stupid gardener (PowerPoint)

For the sailor (worksheet)

For the sailor (PowerPoint)

The greyhound and the labrador (worksheet)

The greyhound and the labrador (PowerPoint)

Bookshelf (worksheet)

Bookshelf (PowerPoint)

How many trains? (worksheet)

How many trains? (PowerPoint)

The tug-of-war (worksheet)

The tug-of-war (PowerPoint)

The clever butcher (worksheet)

The clever butcher (PowerPoint)

The lucky farrier (worksheet)

The lucky farrier (PowerPoint)

When was the watch right? (worksheet)

When was the watch right? (PowerPoint)

Salary choice (worksheet)

Salary choice (PowerPoint)

Which hand, which coin? (worksheet)

Which hand, which coin? (PowerPoint)

Guess their age

Guess their age (table only)

Fractions

Puzzling taxi fares (worksheet)

Puzzling taxi fares (PowerPoint)

The coffee toll (worksheet)

The coffee toll (PowerPoint)

The miller’s toll (worksheet)

The miller’s toll (PowerPoint)

How many acres? (worksheet)

How many acres? (PowerPoint)

Seventeen horses (worksheet)

Seventeen horses (PowerPoint)

The hungry widows (worksheet)

The hungry widows (PowerPoint)

Algebra

Christmas sale (worksheet)

Christmas sale (PowerPoint)

Watch the speed (worksheet)

Watch the speed (PowerPoint)

The clock strikes six (worksheet)

The clock strikes six (PowerPoint)

The brick (worksheet)

The brick (PowerPoint)

A fish story (worksheet)

A fish story (PowerPoint)

Hard work! (worksheet)

Hard work! (PowerPoint)

How old is Ann? (worksheet)

How old is Ann? (PowerPoint)

Fruit sellers (worksheet)

Fruit sellers (PowerPoint)

The curious 45 (worksheet)

The curious 45 (PowerPoint)

Fun with figures 1 (worksheet)

Fun with figures 1 (PowerPoint)

Fun with figures 2 (worksheet)

Fun with figures 2 (PowerPoint)

Fun with figures 3 (worksheet)

Fun with figures 3 (PowerPoint)

Fun with figures 4 (worksheet)

Fun with figures 4 (PowerPoint)

Guess a friend’s age and birthday (worksheet)

Guess a friend’s age and birthday (PowerPoint)

Logic

The puzzled farmer (worksheet)

The puzzled farmer (PowerPoint)

The clever engine driver (worksheet)

The clever engine driver (PowerPoint)

Did he ride or walk? (worksheet)

Did he ride or walk? (PowerPoint)

Endless conversation (worksheet)

Endless conversation (PowerPoint)

Which is heavier? (worksheet)

Which is heavier? (PowerPoint)

A milkman’s problem (worksheet)

A milkman’s problem (PowerPoint)

A snail’s pace (worksheet)

A snail’s pace (PowerPoint)

The broken chain (worksheet)

The broken chain (PowerPoint)

Five passengers (worksheet)

Five passengers (PowerPoint)

Industrious hens (worksheet)

Industrious hens (PowerPoint)

The merry table (worksheet)

The merry table (PowerPoint)

Spatial

Puzzling pipes (worksheet)

Puzzling pipes (PowerPoint)

Millionaire Island (worksheet)

Millionaire Island (PowerPoint)

The clever thief (worksheet)

The clever thief (PowerPoint)

The coin puzzle (worksheet)

The coin puzzle (PowerPoint)

The farmer’s legacy 1 (worksheet)

The farmer’s legacy 1 (PowerPoint)

The farmer’s legacy 2 (worksheet)

The farmer’s legacy 2 (PowerPoint)

The farmer’s legacy 3 (worksheet)

The farmer’s legacy 3 (PowerPoint)

The carpenter’s problem (worksheet)

The carpenter’s problem (PowerPoint)

Squaring a cross (worksheet)

Squaring a cross (PowerPoint)

The wise ant (worksheet)

The wise ant (PowerPoint)

A trick with matches 1 (worksheet)

A trick with matches 1 (PowerPoint)

A trick with matches 2 (worksheet)

A trick with matches 2 (PowerPoint)

The magic squares (worksheet)

The magic squares (PowerPoint)

How many squares? (worksheet)

How many squares? (PowerPoint)

The explorers (worksheet)

The explorers (PowerPoint)

The greedy rich men (worksheet)

The greedy rich men (PowerPoint)

The baker’s round (worksheet)

The baker’s round (PowerPoint)

The orchard (worksheet)

The orchard (PowerPoint)

Just three letters (worksheet)

Just three letters (PowerPoint)

The bear hunt (worksheet)

The bear hunt (PowerPoint)

Tricks

Going to St Ives (worksheet)

Going to St Ives (PowerPoint)

Be careful! (worksheet)

Be careful! (PowerPoint)

Leaving twelve (worksheet)

Leaving twelve (PowerPoint)

Charlie and the signpost (worksheet)

Charlie and the signpost (PowerPoint)

In the desert (worksheet)

In the desert (PowerPoint)

The wayside inn (worksheet)

Which vegetable? (worksheet)

Which vegetable? (PowerPoint)

Puzzling bank account (worksheet)

Puzzling bank account (PowerPoint)

From A to B (worksheet)

From A to B (PowerPoint)

The broken clock face (worksheet)

The broken clock face (PowerPoint)

Eleven fingers (worksheet)

Eleven fingers (PowerPoint)

Optical

Are they parallel? (worksheet)

Are they parallel? (PowerPoint)

Shifting stripes (worksheet)

Straight and curved lines (worksheet)

Straight and curved lines (PowerPoint)

Passing cars (worksheet)

Passing cars (PowerPoint)

Tricky lines 1 (worksheet)

Tricky lines 1 (PowerPoint)

Tricky lines 2 (worksheet)

Tricky lines 2 (PowerPoint)

Tricky lines 3 (worksheet)

Tricky lines 3 (PowerPoint)

Perfect square? (worksheet)

Perfect square? (PowerPoint)

Crossing posts (worksheet)

Tricky triangles (worksheet)

Black or white? (worksheet)

Black or white? (PowerPoint)

Two squares (worksheet)

Two squares (PowerPoint)

Tall and short (worksheet)

Tall and short (PowerPoint)

Ready for take-off (worksheet)

Ready for take-off (PowerPoint)

The disappearing dot (worksheet)

Turning wheels (worksheet)

Could you climb these stairs? (worksheet)

The magic cube (worksheet)

The magic cube (PowerPoint)

The twisting arches (worksheet)