Pipe Puzzler

PuzzlesOperation PathsGrades 3–6Keyboard

What students practice

Students practice chaining operations in the right order, building a path of valves such as plus 6 or times 2 so a starting number arrives at a different target number.

How to play

Players use the arrow keys to select a pipe and space to turn its valve, building a route in the correct order, then press Enter to send the water through before a pressure bar fills up. A wrong route shows the correct one, and that board returns later; three misses end the mission.

Teacher Setup

Teacher Setup lets a teacher choose which operations appear in the pipes, the largest number used, and whether valves are already placed along the route, plus a running total shown while building as a scaffold, speed, and whether the route is shown after a miss; the end screen offers a printable student report listing the routes to practice.

Play it in Starship Arcade

Pipe Puzzler is one of 16 games in the Puzzles room, a members room on the Promenade.

Pipe Puzzler title screen
Pipe Puzzler, puzzles game, title screen.

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