Lukol Directory: Science: Math: Recreations: Games and Puzzles

A Plus Math
Math site with numerous games and learning activities that can be used to individual math teaching.
http://www.aplusmath.com/

MatheMajik
Indian site featuring calculation tricks and math puzzles.
http://mathemajik.tripod.com/

Alphametic Puzzles
Numerous puzzles, links, puzzle solver, and a generator.
http://www.tkcs-collins.com/truman/alphame...

Polyhedra Links
Pastime and activity links for various geometric patterns, polygons and polyhedra by Jill Britton.
http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/jbpoly...

Torus and Klein Bottle Games
Collection of Java-based educational puzzles.
http://www.geometrygames.org/TorusGames/in...

Nick's Mathematical Puzzles
A collection of an assortment of problems to try to solve, with hints, and solutions. Includes daily update feed link.
http://www.qbyte.org/puzzles/

Puzzles of Leonid Mochalov
A variety of challenging geometrical and arithmetical puzzles, many with solutions.
http://puzzlemochalov.com/

Math Forum
Resources, problems and forum for teachers and students in mathematics.
http://mathforum.org/

Mathschallenge.net
A website dedicated to the puzzling world of mathematics and computer programming, with a discussion forum.
http://mathschallenge.net/

Logic Puzzles
Collection of original numerical-logic puzzles. Many are long and difficult, involve sorting and comparing long lists and are intended to be solved using a good spreadsheet program.
http://www.geocities.com/bob_kraus_2000/

15 Puzzle of Sam Lloyd
Play online Sam Lloyd's "15" puzzle. The funny story and mathematical implications of this game. Some funny logical problems with the 15 game.
http://www.holotronix.com/samlloyd15.php

Magic Math Kingdom
Learn math through games and quiz-oriented tutorial.
http://www.nes-lab.com/english2/

Group Games
Animations that develop the theory behind such puzzles as the Rubik cube.
http://www.dmi.units.it/~logar/duek2/index...

Mr Titen's More Than Math
Mathematics teacher provides puzzles for students.
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/T...

Aha! Puzzles
Puzzles, books, games and tests with designed by Lloyd King, author of "Test Your Creative Thinking".
http://www.ahapuzzles.com

MatheMagic
A collection of mathematical puzzles, jokes and articles.
http://geocities.com/mathimoh/

Brain Teasers and Math Puzzles
Interactive puzzles to challenge logic and mathematical skills. Immediate feedback with detailed solutions is provided.
http://www.syvum.com/teasers/

Algebraic Math Puzzles
A collection of puzzles at high school level. Does not include answers.
http://www.lifesmith.com/mathpuz1.html

Math Puzzles
Logic puzzles and riddles with some solutions.
http://www.math.utah.edu/~cherk/puzzles.ht...

BCIT Mathematical Entertainment
Famous mathematical problems, puzzles, facts, games and trivia.
http://www.math.bcit.ca/entertainment/

The Enigmatic World of Philip Carter
Collection of brain teasers from the author of IQ books.
http://www.knowl.demon.co.uk/

Alien Tiles
Get the color pieces in the right spots to create certain patterns in cube.
http://www.alientiles.com/

Polymorf - Symmetry of Polyhedra
A demonstration of the symmetry and transformational properties of the Platonic and Archimedean solids.
http://www.polymorf.net/

The Contest Center
Classic puzzles and riddles requiring only simple logic and elementary math.
http://www.contestcen.com/classic.htm

Wu's Riddles
A collection of riddles, puzzles, and technical interview questions, with a discussion forum.
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/riddles/i...

Colorful Mathematics
Educational software presents advanced mathematics to K-12 students in a game-oriented approach, using coloring and drawing techniques to illustrate concepts from graph theory and computer science.
http://www.math.ucalgary.ca/~laf/colorful/...

Alphametics Page
Explains this combination of arithmetic and words, and provides examples of several different types.
http://members.aol.com/s6sj7gt/mikealp.htm

Pythabacus
Description and instruction of using the ancient Pythagorean Abacus to do arithmetic.
http://www.pythabacus.com/

Archive Creative puzzles
Interactive puzzle archive with descriptions for puzzle construction and a special childrens puzzle page.
http://www.creativepuzzels.nl

Brain Teasers by QBrute
Original brain teasers with solutions.
http://www.angelfire.com/empire/qbrute/

Perfect Times
Teaches and assesses fluency of multiplication and division tables using online cards. Submit data and compare results.
http://www.perfect-times.co.uk/

Mathproblems.info
Over one hundred and fifty math problems ranging from basic math to differential equations.
http://mathproblems.info/

Puzzle of the Week Archives
A collection of puzzles, with hints and full solutions. Compiled by George Moody.
http://ecg.mit.edu/george/puzzles/

Downloadable and online games
A variety of Flash- and Java-based games and puzzles.
http://www.gameintellect.com/

Mathwizz
Interactive math problems for abilities ranging from middle school to university.
http://www.mathwizz.com/

Scott Kim's page
Contains examples of Scott Kim's ambigrams.
http://www.scottkim.com/

Tile Tris
Tile a spheroid working room aperiodically or periodically. Includes free demo download.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/tiletris/

Storkey: Two Envelope Paradox
A tough but simply defined problem which demonstrates key issues in probability.
http://www.anc.ed.ac.uk/~amos/doubleswap.h...

Mixed Up Math
Logic problems, where equations are mixed up. In various formats like boxes, crosses, diagonals, mazes. Free download.
http://www.kprobe.com/kprobe/mu.htm

The Null Set
Puzzles collected by Guy Kindler, most requiring some undergraduate mathematical knowledge. Some hints are provided.
http://www.princeton.edu/~mathclub/puzzles...

Alphametics and Cryptarithms
Puzzles in which letters or symbols are substituted for the digits in an arithmetical operation like addition.
http://www.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/~si...

Paul Hsieh's Puzzles
Logical and mathematical brain teasers, with an indication of difficulty. Hints are provided; solutions are available by email.
http://www.azillionmonkeys.com/qed/puzzles...

Ben Robinson's Cross-Number Puzzles
A collection of cross-number puzzles: similar to crosswords, but using digits instead of letters. Many involve complex mathematical reasoning.
http://www.users.bigpond.com/bendr/xwd/num...

Curious Numbers
A tribute to the lighter side of math including puzzles, humor, trivia, quotes, inspirations, and math links.
http://www.geocities.com/mrsjennifercall/j...

Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles
Java-based math resource including articles, puzzles and links.
http://www.cut-the-knot.com/content.html

Mathpuzzle.com
Celebrates math puzzles and mathematical recreations.
http://www.mathpuzzle.com/

SMSU Problem Corner
Math challenges Southwest Missouri State University in three levels of difficulties.
http://math.missouristate.edu/~les/POTW.ht...

The Puzzling World of Barry R. Clarke
Brain teasers, articles and puzzles forum.
http://barryispuzzled.com/

Clever Games for Clever People
Includes map coloring, dots and boxes, and calculation games. From John Conway's book "On Numbers and Games".
http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~casey931/conway/...

Contest Center Cryptarithms
Examples of cryptarithms, with prize competitions for subscribers.
http://www.contestcen.com/rithms.htm

Ken Duisenberg's Puzzle of the Week Archives
Challenging puzzles and problems.
http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~kend/potw/ar...

Mathematical Recreations
Detailed exploration of a selection of mathematical topics.
http://www.mathrec.org/

Sequence Puzzles and Problems
With links to related sites. Compiled by Torsten Sillke.
http://www.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/~si...

Nandor's Exhaustive Chemical Words Pages
Lists all the English words, word squares, and magic squares that can be written using chemical symbols.
http://www.wellington.org/nandor/chemwords...

iQED!
Lateral puzzles from "Puzzles for the High IQ" author Lloyd King and founder of The Puzzle Wizards SiteRing.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/atalanta

Free Puzzle Collections
Educational and recreational puzzles for teachers, students and parents. Each puzzle is graded by difficulty and has a hint. Solutions are available to members.
http://www.freepuzzles.com/

A Primer on Cryptarithmetic
Instructions, examples, references and links.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/2160...

Logicville
Educational puzzles, brain teasers, mathematical recreations and word games. A resource for anagrams, cryptograms, alphametics, word puzzles, logic problems, doublets, tangrams, chess, and math quizzes.
http://www.logicville.com/

Sub Topics:
Magic Square
Rubik's Cube Solutions
Brain Teasers
Problem of the Week


Related Topics:
Games: Puzzles



Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor
The content of the Lukol directory is based on the Open Directory (DMOZ) and is enhanced using Lukol's own technology.
The following Open Directory editors contributed to this category: nickhobson  




2006