Sample Puzzles

Listed below are the 14 puzzle sections in Punchline Bridge To Algebra • 2nd Edition, each with a link to a sample puzzle from that section. Under each sample you'll find a brief comment about it's related section, as well as the puzzle's punchline.

Section of Book
Topic of Sample Puzzle


1. Tools for Algebra Order of Operations


2. Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities Solving Equations: All Four Operations


3. Integers and Expressions Simplifying Expressions


4. Equations, Problems, and Functions Solving Two-Step Equations


5. Number Theory Greatest Common Factor


6. Fractions Multiplication of Fractions


7. Ratio, Proportion, and Percent Solving Proportions


8. Statistics and Probability Probability


9. The Pythagorean Theorem and Inequalities Finding a Side of a Right Triangle


10. Functions and Linear Equations and Inequalities Graphing Linear Equations


11. Geometry Concepts Quadrilaterals


12. Similarity, Transformations, and Trigonometry Finding Sides and Angles of Right Triangles


13. Measurements in Geometry Volume of Prisms


14. Enrichment and Answers Digital Communication