[For Elementary School Students] Great for Brain Training! Try These Addictive Matchstick Puzzles

Matchstick puzzle: Without bending or breaking them, turn 7 sticks into 10.

[IQ Puzzle] “Without bending or breaking these 7 matchsticks, make them into 10.” Lateral-thinking quiz – the correct answer will be revealed in 80 seconds! (IQ test)

When you’re out and about, there are times you suddenly want a quick matchstick puzzle to pass the time.

This is especially great if you have kids and want them to stay calm.

But if the puzzle is too complicated, it’s hard to even remember the question.

Here’s a recommended one: Without breaking or splitting them, how can you turn 7 matchsticks into 10? The answer is: arrange the matchsticks to form the kanji that reads as “10 sticks.” The solution is simple, so it’s easy to remember.

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Matchstick quiz: Please take the trash out of the dustpan.

Matchstick quiz: “Dustpan”

A new staple in matchstick puzzles is the one where you remove the trash from a dustpan.

You place the matchsticks in a T shape, then add two at the tip to make a U shape.

If you draw a circle in the middle of the U, it looks like a dustpan with trash in it.

The challenge is to move two matchsticks to remove the trash.

The solution is to rearrange the matchsticks so the dustpan is upside down.

There are various versions of the dustpan-type puzzle, so be sure to check them out.

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Matchstick puzzle: There are two trees. Move only two matchsticks to make a house.

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This is a brain teaser where, from two trees made of matchsticks, you move two matchsticks to make a “house.” It might be easier if you think about what shape you’d draw for a simple house.

Many people would draw a house that looks like a square with a triangle on top.

Since you can move two sticks, move the two in the middle: turn one horizontally to make the floor of the house.

Once you’ve done that, it’s easy—use the other stick to make the roof.

If the answer doesn’t come to mind, you could prompt them to try sketching a simple house!

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Matchstick puzzle: Move the specified number of sticks to make a correct equation.

[Matchstick Puzzle] 9 questions in total! A brain-training challenge where you move matchsticks to make the equations correct!

One popular genre of matchstick puzzles involves moving a specified number of sticks to make an equation correct.

For example, consider this problem: there’s an incorrect equation made with matchsticks, 5−8=6.

How can you make it a correct equation by moving just one matchstick? If you think of the digits as digital-style numbers, you should be able to find the answer.

It has a bit of a mathematical element, so it’s also great as part of your child’s studies!

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Matchstick puzzle: Move 2 sticks to make it twice the number.

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We present a puzzle where you move two matchsticks in the number “100” to make it twice as large.

Thinking “What is double 100?” is the shortcut to the answer.

100 × 2 = 200.

Let’s try to make 200 with matchsticks.

The key point to reach the correct answer is not to be fixated on Arabic numerals.

The solution is to take the two horizontal strokes from the middle “0” and add those two strokes to the last “0.” Then, when you change the orientation…

You get the kanji for “two hundred” (二百).

In this puzzle, the correct answer was to transform the numeric “100” into the kanji “二百.”

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Matchstick puzzle: Move 3 sticks to increase the number of triangles.

[Matchstick Quiz] Move 3 matchsticks to make 4 triangles!! #shorts #short #iq

The charm of matchstick puzzles is that they’re simple yet difficult, right? For those who want to tackle the simplest possible problems, I’d like to introduce a puzzle about increasing the number of triangles.

There are three triangles made from three matchsticks.

How can you move three of the matchsticks to increase the number of triangles? In fact, precisely because the problem is simple, there are many possible answers.

What answer did you come up with? It’s also fun to try it with multiple people and share your solutions with each other.

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Matchstick puzzle: Move the coin outside the square.

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Feel the satisfaction of getting it right! Here’s a clever idea for getting a coin out of a square: There’s a coin inside a square made from four matchsticks.

Move just one matchstick to get the coin out! You might think, “That’s impossible” or “That sounds hard,” but let’s approach it with an open mind and see the solution by moving the matchstick creatively.

Try it in a group or individually—choose the approach that best fits your child’s style.