5 by 5 Mathdokus

An introduction to Mathdokus, and ways in which they might be used in the classroom, can be found in the Teachers' Resources for the 3 by 3 Mathdokus.

For Primary teachers using this problem, you might also like your learners to work on Always, Sometimes or Never?, which appears in the same cell of the Primary curriculum mapping document.

You may also be interested in our other mathematical variations of Sudoku, which are suitable for Primary learners: 

A First Product Sudoku
Intersection Sums Sudoku
Diagonal Sums Sudoku

For Secondary teachers using this problem, you might also like your students to work on Missing Multipliers, which appears in the same cell of the Secondary curriculum mapping document.

You may also be interested in our other mathematical variations of Sudoku:

Multiples Sudoku
Product Sudoku
LCM Sudoku
Difference Sudoku

The 4 by 4 version of this problem featured in the NRICH Primary and Secondary webinar in October 2022.