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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · 20d

Have you tried out the number cross puzzles with your students yet? Cross out numbers in the grid until each row and column sums to the numbers written outside the grid.

I just added a brand new 9x9 sized number cross puzzle to my website.

mathequalslove.net/9x9-number-c...

#mtbos #iteachmath

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · 28d

I just added a new set of tangram number puzzles for 0-9 on my website. These can be used with plastic tangram pieces or with printed and laminated pieces (template provided!)

Could make a fun countdown activity to something!

mathequalslove.net/tangram-numb...

#puzzlingclassroom #mtbos

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · 29d

Added a new trigonometry word search to my collection of math word search puzzles! I now have 9 different math-themed word search puzzles on my website plus 3 different sizes of number search puzzles.

mathequalslove.net/trigonometry...

#mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom #mathsky #edusky

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · Sep 16

Added a new set of digit addition puzzles to the blog today. I'm probably going to save these 100 Square Puzzles to use in second semester when we reach the 100th Day of School!

mathequalslove.net/100-square-l...

#mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom #mathsky #edusky

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · Sep 14

The town I teach in had its Fall Festival this weekend, so I thought a pretzel nonogram puzzle was fitting for today.

mathequalslove.net/pretzel-nono...

#mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom #mathsky #edusky

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · Sep 9

One of the logic puzzles my students are tackling this week as an early finisher activity are these 1-16 hidoku puzzles. Fill in the missing numbers so that each number touches the next consecutive number either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

mathequalslove.net/hidoku-puzzl...

#mathsky

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · Sep 8

I made this classifying perfect squares mystery picture worksheet awhile back, but I never got around to sharing it. Decided I should get it up before Perfect Square Day next week (9/16/25)!

mathequalslove.net/perfect-squa...

#mtbos #iteachmath #perfectsquareday #mathsky #edusky

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · Aug 20

Very nice!

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thank you!

Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · Aug 19

I created this worksheet to give my AP Precalc students some practice with our first graphing calculator skill of the year. The hardest part of the assignment for many of them today was unscrambling the letters to spell a fruit!

mathequalslove.net/finding-zero...

#mtbos #iteachmath #mathsky

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · Aug 17

New 6x6 Number Cross Puzzles. Cross out numbers in the grid so each row and column has the specified sum.

mathequalslove.net/6x6-number-c...

#mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom #logicpuzzles

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · Aug 16

New 20x20 Number Search Puzzles - these are the hardest level of difficulty of these I have.

mathequalslove.net/number-searc...

#mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom #mathsky #edusky

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · Aug 16

It's been a while since I shared a new pentominoes puzzle. Here's a printable swan puzzle for you!

mathequalslove.net/pentominoes-...

#mtbos #iteachmath #puzzleclassroom #logicpuzzle

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · Aug 13

NEW Insect Edge Matching Puzzle

mathequalslove.net/insect-squar...

#mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom #mathsky #edusky #logicpuzzle

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · Aug 12

Look at this fun package I got in the mail from a fellow teacher and blog reader! It's one of my edge matching puzzles made out of wood.

#puzzlingclassroom

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · Aug 11

90 Square Logic Puzzles - These magic square style puzzles will give your students plenty of mental math practice!

mathequalslove.net/90-square-lo...

#mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom #logicpuzzles #edusky #mathsky

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · Aug 10

Adding 15x15 number search puzzles to my website today in case your students need more of a challenge than the 10x10 puzzles I posted last week.

mathequalslove.net/number-searc...

#mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom #mathsky #edusky

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · Aug 9

Today's new puzzle is for my chemistry teaching friends! (Or a puzzle to share with your science teacher buddies!)

mathequalslove.net/chemistry-ar...

#puzzlingclassroom #edusky

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · Aug 8

5x5 Number Cross Logic Puzzles - Put your addition skills to the test with these free printable 5x5 number cross puzzles. Can you cross out numbers so each row and column sums to the numbers outside the grid?

mathequalslove.net/5x5-number-c...

#mathsky #edusky #mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · Aug 7

*NEW* Grade Level Area Division Puzzles (4th-10th Grade + 12th Grade)

mathequalslove.net/grade-level-...

#mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom #logicpuzzles #mathsky #edusky #firstweekofschool

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · Aug 6

Prime Numbers Chart 1-3000

mathequalslove.net/prime-number...

#mtbos #iteachmath #mathsky #edusky

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · Aug 5

Dinosaur No Four in a Row Puzzles

mathequalslove.net/dinosaur-no-...

#mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom #mathsky #edusky #logicpuzzle

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · Aug 5

Led four back to back professional development sessions this morning. My heart is full, but my brain is now broken.

#mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom #mathsky #edusky

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · Aug 4

STEM Square Edge Matching Puzzle

mathequalslove.net/stem-square-...

#mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom #mathsky #edusky

STEM Square Edge Matching Puzzle | Math = Love

Rebuild this 3 x 3 square edge matching puzzle to form the letters in STEM which stand for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

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Sarah Carter @mathequalslove.bsky.social · Aug 3

10x10 Number Search Puzzles (more sizes coming soon. If you have the answer key password, the 15x15 and 20x20 size puzzle files are already added there!)

mathequalslove.net/number-searc...

#mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom #mathsky #edusky

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