Printable Shikaku puzzles

Parcels is our daily Shikaku, a puzzle of rectangles. It is one of the friendliest to solve by hand, and a good way to practice multiplication with children.

In the print dialog, choose A4 or Letter and turn off the browser's own headers and footers. Every sheet already carries the date and our address.

The last seven days

Today's puzzle and the six before it, the same boards everyone plays online. The answers follow, except today's.

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Practice pack: 24 puzzles

The 12 easiest Parcels practice puzzles, then the 12 hardest, with all the answers on the last pages. The pack doesn't change, so you can print it again for the next class.

Parcels shikaku The 12 easiestName

Divide the grid into rectangles. Each holds exactly one number, and the number is its size in tiles.

Practice 1 · 5×5 easy

Practice 2 · 5×5 easy

Practice 3 · 5×5 easy

Practice 4 · 5×5 easy

Parcels shikaku The 12 easiestName

Divide the grid into rectangles. Each holds exactly one number, and the number is its size in tiles.

Practice 5 · 5×5 easy

Practice 6 · 5×5 easy

Practice 7 · 5×5 easy

Practice 8 · 5×5 easy

Parcels shikaku The 12 easiestName

Divide the grid into rectangles. Each holds exactly one number, and the number is its size in tiles.

Practice 9 · 5×5 easy

Practice 10 · 5×5 easy

Practice 11 · 5×5 easy

Practice 12 · 5×5 easy

Parcels shikaku The 12 hardestName

Divide the grid into rectangles. Each holds exactly one number, and the number is its size in tiles.

Practice 13 · 9×9 hard

Practice 14 · 9×9 hard

Practice 15 · 9×9 hard

Practice 16 · 9×9 hard

Parcels shikaku The 12 hardestName

Divide the grid into rectangles. Each holds exactly one number, and the number is its size in tiles.

Practice 17 · 9×9 hard

Practice 18 · 9×9 hard

Practice 19 · 9×9 hard

Practice 20 · 9×9 hard

Parcels shikaku The 12 hardestName

Divide the grid into rectangles. Each holds exactly one number, and the number is its size in tiles.

Practice 21 · 9×9 hard

Practice 22 · 9×9 hard

Practice 23 · 9×9 hard

Practice 24 · 9×9 hard

Parcels shikaku Answers

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Practice 6

Practice 7

Practice 8

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Practice 11

Practice 12

Parcels shikaku Answers

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Practice 14

Practice 15

Practice 16

Practice 17

Practice 18

Practice 19

Practice 20

Practice 21

Practice 22

Practice 23

Practice 24

The rules

Split the whole grid into rectangles. Squares count too, and so does a single tile.
Each rectangle holds exactly one number.
The number is the rectangle's size, in tiles. A 6 can be 1 by 6, 2 by 3, 3 by 2 or 6 by 1.

Every puzzle has exactly one answer, and you can always reach it by logic alone.

Solving on paper

Draw each rectangle's sides with a firm pencil line. Big numbers near a corner have the fewest shapes, so place them first, and a 1 is always a single tile.

Questions

Can I copy these for my class or club?

Yes. Print and photocopy as many as you like for your home, classroom, library or puzzle club, free of charge. Please keep the logicsnack.com line on each page, and don't sell the sheets.

Where are the answers?

On the last pages of each pack, numbered like the puzzles, 12 to a page. If you want to solve first, print the puzzle pages only: the print dialog lets you choose pages.

A4 or Letter?

Both. The sheets are sized to fit either paper, so you only choose it in the print dialog. Two puzzles per page gives bigger boards for young solvers; four saves paper.

Is there a PDF to download?

There's no file to download. Press Print and your browser lays out the pages. To keep a PDF, pick "Save as PDF" as the printer in the same dialog.

How often are there new Parcels puzzles to print?

Every day. Parcels gets a new daily puzzle at midnight, so the sheets for the last seven days change each morning. The practice pack stays the same.

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