These low-floor, high-ceiling problems support differentiation, challenging all students by encouraging flexible thinking and allowing for multiple solution paths.

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Some math problems have been challenging us for centuries, and while brain-busters like these hard math problems may seem impossible, someone is bound to solve ’em eventually. Well, maybe. For now, ...

In 2023, I posed 23 challenges as part of the Gizmodo Monday Puzzle series. Some require a bit of math, and others a light familiarity with physics; but most can be solved through logic and creative ...

Jeff Smith's Math Puzzle for February 6, 2026 - If you can’t be the tiger, at least muster the courage to stand on the ...

Martin Gardner’s Mathematical Games column in Scientific American fascinated and mystified readers for decades—and his legacy continues to bring mathematicians, artists and puzzlers together. Gardner ...

Today, in the viral puzzle series, there is a random matchstick puzzle given, which led me to solve it in 5 Seconds. Do you all also want to solve this matchstick puzzle of a brain teaser? Okay, try ...