Printable easy Sudoku

Who these are for

Easy printable puzzles suit beginners, children who have moved up from 4×4 grids, classroom starters, and anyone who wants a puzzle that finishes in the time it takes a coffee to cool. Every grid can be solved by scanning alone — no candidate lists, no pairs.

Printing tips

• Two per page keeps the grid large enough to write in without wasting paper.
• Tick the answer sheet if you are handing them out; the answers land on their own page at the end.
• For a classroom, four per page and 25 puzzles gives you a set of seven sheets.

Prefer to play on screen? Easy Sudoku online has a timer, hints and pencil marks.

Why print instead of playing on screen

Paper suits a different kind of solving. There is no timer running, no undo button and nothing to tap by mistake — and for a lot of people that makes the puzzle more relaxing rather than less. A printed sheet also goes where a phone is unwelcome: a waiting room, a classroom, a long flight, a bedside table at the end of the day.

Easy grids are the ones that survive paper best, because they need no candidate marks. You can work an easy puzzle through with nothing but the numbers already printed and a pen.

Using these in a classroom

• Print four to a page for a warm-up exercise that takes ten minutes.
• Keep the answer sheet at the front rather than handing it out with the puzzles.
• For a mixed-ability class, print a set of easy puzzles and a set of medium ones and let pupils choose.
• A pupil who finishes early can be given the 4×4 or 6×6 sheets to hand to a younger class.

Common questions