Buying guide
If you have never finished a sudoku, the right book makes all the difference. This guide explains the rules in plain words, walks through a simple method, and shows how our printable pack starts gently and builds up.
By the Buy Activity Books team · Updated · 3 min read
The best sudoku book for a beginner starts with puzzles that give many numbers, around 40 of the 81 cells, then adds difficulty slowly. It should explain the rules and include an answer key. Our pack opens with 15 Beginner puzzles before moving to Easy, Medium and Hard.
Sixty classic 9 by 9 sudoku in four levels. Each puzzle was solved by the generator and kept only if it has exactly one solution.
| Sudoku Pack | |
|---|---|
| Best for | Teens and adults |
| Puzzles | 60 |
| Grid | 9 by 9 |
| Difficulty | Beginner, Easy, Medium, Hard |
| Pages (A4) | 72 |
| Answer key | Yes |
| Paper sizes | A4 and US Letter |
| Price | $6.99 |
A sudoku is a 9 by 9 grid split into nine 3 by 3 boxes. Some cells already have digits. Your job is to fill every empty cell so that each of the digits 1 to 9 appears exactly once in every row, every column and every box.
That is the whole game. There is no arithmetic and no guessing: every puzzle in our pack has exactly one solution, reachable by logic.
Our Beginner puzzles give 40 numbers at the start, which means there is almost always an easy next move. That is what you want while the method becomes second nature. Fifteen of them is enough practice to find your rhythm before Easy puzzles, with 34 givens, ask for a little more.
Move up when you finish three puzzles in a row without checking the answers. If the next level feels like a wall, go back for a few more of the easier ones; the printable pack lets you print any puzzle again.
Every puzzle in our packs is generated and then checked by computer before it is allowed into a pack. Anything that fails a check is thrown away and replaced.
One route per maze
Every maze is a perfect maze, so there is exactly one way through.
One solution per sudoku
Each sudoku is solved by computer and kept only if it has one answer.
Every word once
Each word-search word is checked to appear exactly once in its grid.
Answers included
Every pack ends with a full answer key, in A4 and US Letter.
Start with puzzles that give many numbers, learn to spot the one missing digit in a nearly full row, column or box, then work digit by digit through the grid. Our Beginner puzzles are built for exactly that.
Your first few may take half an hour. With practice, Beginner puzzles usually come down to ten or fifteen minutes.
Older children and teens who enjoy logic often love it. Our pack is aimed at teens and adults; younger children usually do better with mazes first.
Yes. Every pack ends with a full answer key, so a parent, teacher or the solver can check the work.
Straight away. The download page opens as soon as payment goes through, and a link is emailed to you as well, so there is no shipping and no wait.
After checkout you download a PDF in both A4 and US Letter. Print it on any home, office or school printer, single or double sided. Ordinary printer paper works well for pencil.
