Absolute Value Logic Puzzles 6th Grade Activity Digital or Print
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- Google Apps™
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Description
Logic puzzles are a great way to keep students engaged. These two lemonade stand logic puzzles also help to reinforce and review the concept of absolute value and understanding positive and negative numbers. This activity is useful for reinforcing CCSS standards 6.NS.C.5 and 6.NS.C.7. Encourage critical thinking skills, provide early finishers with a productive activity, and let your outside-of-the-box thinkers and high flyers shine!
Two different grid-style logic puzzles are included. The 8 x 8 grid is a moderate difficulty level. Allowing students to work together and collaborate on the clues can help everyone be successful! A three-category logic puzzle is also included. This more challenging puzzle requires students to carefully analyze the clues to solve the puzzle.
What is included?
- Links to two Google Slides™ files (two logic puzzles of varying difficulty). Each link includes a backstory, tips for solving a logic puzzle, and a grid-style logic puzzle.
- Printable version of each logic puzzle
- Printable student tips for solving logic puzzles (optional)
- Detailed solutions including links to YouTube videos to see one way in which each of the puzzles can be worked out.
What do students need to know to be able to solve these puzzles?
- Critical thinking skills will be required to fill in the grid.
- Students must understand that in a real world context, a loss of money would be a negative number. A profit would be a positive number.
- Understand absolute value as the magnitude of a number (distance from zero) and be able to compare the absolute values of positive and negative numbers.
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