Games and Puzzles

It’s Sudoku Day

Sudoku is a puzzle game designed for a single player. Solving Sudoku puzzles requires problem solving skills and develops logical thinking. Try one or all of these Sudoku puzzles.

Materials:

copy of puzzles, pencil

Sudoku Number Puzzles

Fill each grid with the number 1 to 4 so each number is only used once in each row, column and region (2 by 2 square). The first one has been done for you.

Helpful Hint: you could lightly print the number(s) you think it could be in the corner(s) of a blank box. You can come back later and erase them when you find the right answer.

Four sudoku puzzles.

Sudoku Shape Puzzles

Fill the grid with the 4 shapes (square, circle, triangle, hexagon) so each shape is only used once in each row, column and region (2 by 2) square. The first one has been done for you.

Helpful Hint: you could lightly draw the shape(s) you think it could be in the corner(s) of a blank box. You can come back later and erase them when you find the right answer.

Four sudoku puzzles, completed with geometric shapes instead of numbers.