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PS. Most problems are good for both elementary and secondary students, but some problems are only suitable for elementary (*) or secondary (**) students.

 
 

 
Number Concepts
Number Operations
Babushka Squares Backwards Population Explosion
Bob the Building Barbanegra the Pirate
Bread & Butter Politics Bread & Butter Politics
Cold Potato Bob the Building
Counting Polyominoes Can't Stop
Digit Placing Puzzle Cold Potato
Easter Island** Diehard
Egyptian Fractions** Digit Placing Puzzle
Factorial Abacus** Double Dozen
Flexi-Fish Egyptian Fractions**
Froggy Hopscotch Factorial Abacus**
Giant's Causeway Frog Catchers
Grasshopper Jump Fest Froggy Hopscotch
Hot Potato Grasshopper Jump Fest
India 500** Hello Alien!**
Irritating Things Hot Potato
Jedi Knight India 500
Lights On Injection Molding
Lothar's Number Rivers Irritating Things
McGuire the Gathering Jedi Knight
Modular Houses Karate Bricks
Multipingo Lights On
Nano Hopscotch Lothar's Number Rivers
Number Square Patterns* Multipingo
Ring of Threes Number Square Patterns*
Robot Utopias Pointy Spaghetti
Rocket-Propelled Coyote Quinton the Quick Quilter
Snakebox Ring of Threes
Stair Climber Problem Robot Utopias
Sword of Knowledge Rocket-Propelled Coyote
Training Trains** Snakebox
Twinkle Twinkle Snazzy Triangle*
Un-Babushka Squares Snow Day Phone Chain
Unique Buildings Stair Climber Problem
Urns of King Midas Sword of Knowledge
Yasmin the Yeti* Urns of King Midas
  Walls of Rock
  Wolf Nim
  Yasmin the Yeti*
 
 

 
Patterns
Variables and Equations
Relations and Functions
Circle Town Barbanegra the Pirate Backwards Population Explosion
Colour Iraq Connect The Dots Bone Crack Divination**
Colour Squares Diehard Can't Stop**
Connect The Dots Double Dozen Colour Iraq
Easter Island** Easter Island** Connect The Dots
Factorial Abacus** Factorial Abacus** Diehard
Fashion Guru Famine** Digit Placing Puzzle
Flexi-Fish Frog Catchers Fashion Guru
Frog Catchers Grasshopper Jump Fest Ghost in the Mansion
Froggy Hopscotch House of Gloom** Grasshopper Jump Fest
Ghost in the Mansion Janus Upside Down House of Gloom**
Giant's Causeway Karate Bricks Janus Upside Down
Gopher Holes Lights On Jedi Knight
Grasshopper Jump Fest Lothar's Number Rivers Karate Bricks
Hot Potato McGuire the Gathering Maria's mixed-up Pasta
House of Gloom Minaret with a View McGuire the Gathering
Injection Molding Number Square Patterns Party in Konigsberg
Irritating Things Party in Konigsberg Pointy Spaghetti**
Janus Upside Down Pointy Spaghetti** Queens of Vanity**
Jason and the Dragon's Teeth Queens of Vanity** Quinton the Quick Quilter
Karate Bricks Quinton the Quick Quilter Rocket-Propelled Coyote
Lights On Ring of Threes Snow Day Phone Chain
Maria's mixed-up Pasta Rocket-Propelled Coyote Story: Naval Battle
McGuire the Gathering Snazzy Triangle* Sword of Knowledge
Minaret with a View Snow Day Phone Chain The Other Lilly Pad Is Always Greener
Mini Sudoku Story: Naval Battle Tri-Mirror
Mirror, Mirror, in the Box Sword of Knowledge XYZ Tree**
Modular Houses Tetrahedrons Snuggling  
Nano Hopscotch The Other Lilly Pad Is Always Greener  
Number Square Patterns* Walls of Rock  
Once is Enough XYZ Tree**  
Party in Konigsberg    
Pointy Spaghetti    
Quinton the Quick Quilter    
Robot Utopias    
Rocket-Propelled Coyote    
Sally the Sleepwalker*    
Snow Day Phone Chain    
Termite Terrorists    
The Other Lilly Pad Is Always Greener    
Tiling on Titan    
Touching Circles    
Tree Planting    
Twinkle Twinkle    
Urns of King Midas    
Vermeer's Paintbrush    
 
 

 
Measurement
3D Objects and 2D Shapes
Transformations
Barbanegra the Pirate An Amoeba's Meaning of Life** Babushka Squares
Diehard Babushka Squares Circle Town
Digit Placing Puzzle Connect The Dots Colour Iraq
Flexi-Fish Counting Polyominoes Colour Squares
House of Gloom Flexi-Fish Diehard
Injection Molding Giant's Causeway Flexi-Fish
Modular Houses Gopher Holes Gopher Holes
Quilt Mending Grasshopper Jump Fest Grasshopper Jump Fest
Robot Utopias House of Gloom House of Gloom
Rocket-Propelled Coyote Hot Potato Injection Molding
Siege Geometry Injection Molding Janus Upside Down
Snakebox Karate Bricks Jason and the Dragon's Teeth
Stair Climber Problem King Arthur's Standard Bearer Karate Bricks
Story: Naval Battle McGuire the Gathering King Arthur's Standard Bearer
Termite Terrorists Minaret with a View McGuire the Gathering
Tiling on Titan Mirror, Mirror, in the Box Mini Sudoku
Un-Babushka Squares Modular Houses Mirror, Mirror, in the Box
Vermeer's Paintbrush Once is Enough Modular Houses
Walls of Rock Party in Konigsberg Mongol Men & Mongol Maidens
  Progress Reaches Asteroid Once is Enough
  Queens of Vanity Progress Reaches Asteroid
  Quinton the Quick Quilter Quinton the Quick Quilter
  Quilt Mending Quilt Mending
  Robot Utopias Rocket-Propelled Coyote
  Sally the Sleepwalker* Sally the Sleepwalker*
  Siege Geometry Stair Climber Problem
  Stair Climber Problem Sticky Tabs
  Sticky Tabs Termite Terrorists
  Termite Terrorists The Other Lilly Pad Is Always Greener
  The Cube of many Colours The Cube of many Colours
  Tetrahedrons Snuggling Tree Planting
  Tiling on Titan Tri-Mirror
  Touching Circles Un-Babushka Squares
  Training Trains Wild Tic-Tac-Toe
  Twinkle Twinkle  
  Un-Babushka Squares  
  Vermeer's Paintbrush  
  Walls of Rock  
  XYZ Tree**  
 
 

 
Data Analysis
Chance and Uncertainty
Backwards Population Explosion Bone Crack Divination**
Can't Stop Can't Stop
Death in Ekateringberg Double Dozen
Famine** Gopher Holes
  Hello Alien!**
  India 500
  McGuire the Gathering
  Nano Hopscotch
  Robot Utopias
  Snakebox
  The Cube of many Colours
  Tree Planting
  Tri-Mirror
  Twinkle Twinkle
  Wolf Nim
  Wild Tic-Tac-Toe