Tarsia puzzles offer your class a fun twist on a simple retrieval activity. Encourage your pupils to cut out the given triangles and match the question to the correct answer, therefore making one unified shape. 

Tarsia Puzzles

Add an element of fun to your maths lesson with these engaging retrieval activities. Perfect for use in class or as a homework activity. 

Tarsia puzzles can be used as individual activities or partner work. Partner work will encourage mathematical discussions and reasoning. 

Your Guide to Tarsia Puzzles

Here you can find a range of Year 2 teaching slides, worksheets, activities, games, assessments and additional teaching resources to help you teach your Year 2 class the Key Stage 1 primary maths curriculum.

Year 2

Deepen your Year 2 pupils' understanding of addition and subtraction with this challenging tarsia puzzle.

Mix up the triangles in this tarsia puzzle and task your pupils to solve the finding 10 more and 10 less calculations and match the questions and answers.

This 10 more and 10 less tarsia puzzle can be used as an individual task to challenge pupils, or in partners or small groups to encourage mathematical conversations.

Often, teachers try to find fun ways for pupils to explore individual concepts. This tarsia puzzle provides an alternative to traditional worksheets when practising finding 10 more and 10 less.

You’ll find a template page for pupils to rebuild the 10 more and 10 less tarsia puzzle. Blank templates can also be used as an additional task for pupils to create an addition and subtraction puzzle of their own.

Year 2 10 more and 10 less tarsia worksheet

The triangles in the tarsia puzzle have all been mixed up; pupils will need to match the 10 more and 10 less questions to the correct answers to create one large triangle.

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Y2 10 More And 10 Less Tarsia Puzzle

Tarsia Puzzle 10 More And 10 Less Year 2

Tarsia Puzzle | 10 More And 10 Less | Year 2

Help your primary school class to develop their mathematical understanding of Number and Place Value with this range of mastery maths teaching slides, worksheets, games, activities, assessments and additional teaching resources.