The fun, mindbending puzzles in the Math Mind Benders® books include mental calculations and discovering of mathematical relationships to help students practice inductive/deductive reasoning, divergent thinking, flexibility, persistence, and more.

Using clues that are interrelated with each other and with a given story, students are challenged to determine which answer must be placed first in the grid. From this first answer, students deduce the next answer and the next until the puzzle is solved. Teaching suggestions and answers included.