Five Tarsia puzzles each consisting of 30 expressions to substitute the given values into. The puzzles gradually increase in difficulty:
Puzzle 1 - Two positive values, simple expressions.
Puzzle 2 - Three positive values, simple expressions.
Puzzle 3 - Two positive values and one negative value, slightly more challenging expressions.
Puzzle 4 - Three positive values, expressions involving squares and cubes.
Puzzle 5 - Three positive values and one negative value, expressions involving squares, cubes and brackets.
Perfect as maths lesson starter activities or as group activities to test understanding of substitution into algebraic expressions.
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