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Year 6 Puzzles and Brain Teasers (Australia)
Year 6 (Australia) · Australia
- Ages 11–12
- Primary school (Year 1–6)
Free puzzles worksheets for Year 6 in Australia, made for children aged 11 to 12. This year children usually practise word search (level 3), mazes (level 3), sudoku 6×6 and sudoku 9×9.
Puzzles train patience and logical thinking, so let children struggle a little before giving a hint. Primary school children gain confidence by mastering one skill at a time before moving on.
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What children practise in Year 6 puzzles
Word search (level 3)
Animals · 13×13, every direction
Mazes (level 3)
Large
Sudoku 6×6
6×6 · Easier
Sudoku 9×9
9×9 · Easier
Sequence puzzles
Number sequences · Warm-up
Sequence puzzles (level 2)
Number sequences · Tricky
Binary numbers
Binary and hex · Warm-up
Secret code (Caesar cipher)
Caesar cipher · Warm-up
Secret code (Caesar cipher) (level 2)
Caesar cipher · Tricky
Odd one out: number properties (level 2)
Odd one out · Tricky
Word search
Ocean · 10×10, with diagonals
Word search
Weather · 10×10, with diagonals
Logic and code puzzles
Odd one out · Warm-up
Word search
Space · 13×13, every direction
Word search
My body · 13×13, every direction
Curriculum links
- Common Core 4.OA.B.4: Find factor pairs for whole numbers up to 100, recognise multiples, and decide whether a number is prime or composite.
- Common Core 4.OA.C.5: Make a number or shape pattern that follows a given rule and notice features of the pattern.
- Common Core 5.OA.B.3: Generate two numerical patterns from two given rules and find relationships between their terms.
- Common Core HSF-BF.A.2: Write arithmetic and geometric sequences both recursively and with an explicit formula.
- England NC Y5.MA.MD.1: Identify multiples and factors, including all factor pairs of a number and common factors of two numbers.
- England NC Y5.MA.MD.8: Recognise and use square numbers and cube numbers, and the notation for squared (²) and cubed (³).
- England NC Y6.MA.AL.2: Generate and describe linear number sequences.
- England NC KS3.MA.ALG.12: Generate terms of a sequence from a term-to-term or position-to-term rule.
- England NC KS3.MA.ALG.13: Recognise arithmetic sequences and find the nth term; recognise geometric and other sequences.
- England NC KS3.CO.DA.1: Understand how numbers are represented in binary and carry out simple operations, such as converting between binary and decimal.
- BNCC EF03MA10: Find patterns in number sequences made by repeatedly adding or subtracting the same number.
- BNCC EF06MA05: Classify numbers as prime or composite, use "multiple of", "divisor of" and "factor of", and find divisibility rules.
- BNCC EF08MA11: Find the rule of a recursive number sequence and describe how to get the next terms.
- Programmes FR C3.MA.NC.4: Recognise multiples and divisors and use divisibility rules (2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10).
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Other subjects in Year 6
Puzzles in other years
- Year 5 Puzzles and Brain Teasers (Australia)
- Year 7 Puzzles and Brain Teasers (Australia)
- Grade 6 Puzzles and Brain Teasers (United States)
- Year 7 Puzzles and Brain Teasers (England (UK))
- Primary 6 Puzzles and Brain Teasers (Nigeria)
- Class 6 Puzzles and Brain Teasers (India)
- Basic 6 Puzzles and Brain Teasers (Ghana) (Ghana)
- Grade 6 Puzzles and Brain Teasers (Kenya) (Kenya)
- Grade 6 Puzzles and Brain Teasers (South Africa) (South Africa)
- Class 6 Puzzles and Brain Teasers (Pakistan) (Pakistan)
- Grade 6 Puzzles and Brain Teasers (Philippines) (Philippines)
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Are answer keys included?
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Which curriculum do the Year 6 sheets follow?
They follow the skills usually taught in Year 6 in Australia. Each activity is matched to the typical age of the year, so it fits most school programmes.
What age is Year 6?
Year 6 is usually for children aged 11 to 12 in Australia. If your child needs more practice or a bigger challenge, use the pages for the years before and after.
Can I make my own version?
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