Mathematical puzzle

<h2 id="list-of-mathematical-puzzles">List of mathematical puzzles</h2>
<h3>Numbers, arithmetic, and algebra</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Cross-figure/DEvsrfvn">Cross-figures</a> or cross number puzzles</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Dyson_number/7vGpImeu">Dyson numbers</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Four_fours/CUv3knTJ">Four fours</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/KenKen/UD8rUa4z">KenKen</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Water_pouring_puzzle/WX50w3fn">Water pouring puzzle</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/The_monkey_and_the_coconuts/CLtzAgLz">The monkey and the coconuts</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Pirate_loot_problem/b0myuYw8">Pirate loot problem</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Verbal_arithmetic/x97CcbnT">Verbal arithmetics</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/24_(puzzle)/D0WInwYU">24 Game</a></li></ul>
<h3>Combinatorial</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Cryptograms/YPIngwDc">Cryptograms</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/N-puzzle/kyFRwRWs">Fifteen Puzzle</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Kakuro/jNkWlllU">Kakuro</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Rubik%2527s_Cube/Nlq35AbS">Rubik's Cube</a> and other <a href="/facts/Mechanical_puzzle/37LrTory">sequential movement puzzles</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Str8ts/JfRvYz6v">Str8ts</a> a number puzzle based on sequences</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Sudoku/I5Savmhf">Sudoku</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Sujiko/TVcmSya6">Sujiko</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Think-a-Dot/WqqTvD8S">Think-a-Dot</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Tower_of_Hanoi/oxsYwDAD">Tower of Hanoi</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Bridges_Game/qWk7ckq3">Bridges Game</a></li></ul>
<h3>Analytical or differential</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Ant_on_a_rubber_rope/FI7R0IKU">Ant on a rubber rope</a></li></ul>
<ul><li>See also: <a href="/facts/Zeno%2527s_paradoxes/sxw7Bp4p">Zeno's paradoxes</a></li></ul>
<h3>Probability</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Monty_Hall_problem/w1X1bUrf">Monty Hall problem</a></li></ul>
<h3>Tiling, packing, and dissection</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Bedlam_cube/EuP5PpQ2">Bedlam cube</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Conway_puzzle/Pn6asFkL">Conway puzzle</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Mutilated_chessboard_problem/udNXK0f1">Mutilated chessboard problem</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Packing_problem/nQtnMb6Y">Packing problem</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Pentomino/wGV39ULc">Pentominoes</a> tiling</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Slothouber%25E2%2580%2593Graatsma_puzzle/zDNwEPL3">Slothouber–Graatsma puzzle</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Soma_cube/2bID8jT5">Soma cube</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/T_puzzle/Tkj4pJd3">T puzzle</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Tangram/bHhAN5dr">Tangram</a></li></ul>
<h3>Involves a board</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Conway%2527s_Game_of_Life/ofHgJmmb">Conway's Game of Life</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Mutilated_chessboard_problem/udNXK0f1">Mutilated chessboard problem</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Peg_solitaire/Bux8rR4H">Peg solitaire</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Sudoku/I5Savmhf">Sudoku</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Nine_dots_problem/1jPotc41">Nine dots problem</a></li></ul>
<h4>Chessboard tasks</h4>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Eight_queens_puzzle/XDx2HwlB">Eight queens puzzle</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Knight%2527s_Tour/VuzxY4pt">Knight's Tour</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/No-three-in-line_problem/HVhCJN0c">No-three-in-line problem</a></li></ul>
<h3>Topology, knots, graph theory</h3>
<p>The fields of <a href="/facts/Knot_theory/mb7rtqVP">knot theory</a> and <a href="/facts/Topology/2EqW47cU">topology</a>, especially their non-intuitive conclusions, are often seen as a part of recreational mathematics.
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Disentanglement_puzzle/exUpLPhN">Disentanglement puzzles</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Seven_Bridges_of_K%25C3%25B6nigsberg/r95CwL9f">Seven Bridges of Königsberg</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Water%2c_gas%2c_and_electricity/CQQqp6fA">Water, gas, and electricity</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Slitherlink/tcXg9jG8">Slitherlink</a></li></ul>
<h3>Mechanical</h3>
<p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Mechanical_puzzle/37LrTory">Mechanical puzzle</a></p>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Rubik%2527s_Cube/Nlq35AbS">Rubik's Cube</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Think-a-Dot/WqqTvD8S">Think-a-Dot</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Matchstick_puzzle/aJokQ65X">Matchstick puzzle</a></li></ul>
<h3>0-player puzzles</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Conway%2527s_Game_of_Life/ofHgJmmb">Conway's Game of Life</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Flexagon/yIEH5fCK">Flexagon</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Polyominoes/XUlHFIRY">Polyominoes</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070711224905/http://mathdl.maa.org/convergence/1/?pa=content&sa=browseNode&categoryId=9">Historical Math Problems/Puzzles</a> at <a href="/facts/Mathematical_Association_of_America/G3BkG5YX">Mathematical Association of America</a> <i>Convergence</i></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Kulkarni, D. Enjoying Math: Learning Problem Solving With KenKen Puzzles Archived 2013-08-01 at the Wayback Machine,  A textbook for teaching with KenKen Puzzles.
 <a href="http://www.matholympiad.info/Documents/TeachingWithKenKen.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.matholympiad.info/Documents/TeachingWithKenKen.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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