Kenken News & Updates

NCTM and KenKen Partner to Help Students Experience Math as a Challenge, Not a Chore

Reston, VA-The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and KenKen ® have formed a new ed...

Sep 23, 2026 • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

My latest puzzle love: KenKen

Sayonara, Sudoku. For a better-rounded puzzle that includes not just logic, but math, too, try KenKe...

Jan 12, 2009 • CNET

Sudoku fans: Try these gnarly KenKen puzzles

A relatively easy 6×6 KenKen puzzle. Click puzzle to see a larger version, and click here to see so...

Jan 26, 2009 • CNET

Math Teachers Discover KenKen Is a Fun and Educational Tool

Who says education can't be a lot of fun? There's a growing movement in classrooms to play the KenKe...

Mar 11, 2013 • Wired

Is KenKen the Next Sudoku?

Will Shortz is to puzzles what Oprah is to books — an endorsement by the New York Times crossword ...

Mar 11, 2009 • Time

The Monday Interview: Will Shortz on KenKen

PW: Where did KenKen come from, and what’s its appeal? WS: It was invented by Tetsuya Miyamoto, a ...

Sep 21, 2008 • Publishers Weekly

MMC Kenken: The World’s Most Exciting Math and Logic Puzzle

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from MMC Kenken: The World’s Most Exciting Math and Logic P...

Oct 03, 2021 • Kotaku

10 Years of the KenKen Puzzle in The Times

The game, invented by a Japanese educator to teach students math, has caught on around the world sin...

Feb 09, 2019 • nytimes.com

KenKen, a strange little math puzzle from Japan, may conquer the world.

[Announcer] Four, three, two, one, KenKen. in newspapers of the world. I learned about KenKen throug...

Dec 29, 2020 • The New Yorker

Daily KenKen ®

KenKen puzzles help develop perseverance and stamina. In the classroom they promote problem solving,...

Sep 09, 2026 • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Kenken: Train Your Brain!

Translated as "wisdom squared" in Japanese, Kenken involves addition, subtraction, multiplication an...

Mar 31, 2009 • IGN

KENKEN PUZZLE DEBUTS TODAY

Today the Globe and Mail introduces to its pages the super-addictive puzzle KenKen, a Japanese-born ...

May 31, 2009 • The Globe and Mail

KenKen The Math Forum Launched by The Math Forum Drexel and Nextoy LLC

“We know that teachers always are seeking new ways to engage their students and, given the evident...

Dec 02, 2009 • Drexel University

All the crossword puzzles, Sudokus, quizzes, and brain teasers you’ll need to keep your mind active

Entertainment All the crossword puzzles, Sudokus, quizzes, and brain teasers you’ll need to keep y...

Mar 20, 2020 • Boston.com

KenKen Makes Math… Fun?

The New York Times this weekend started running a new numerical logic puzzle from Japan called KenKe...

Feb 10, 2009 • Kotaku

KenKen (6x6)

Test your logic and arithmetic daily with 6x6 KenKen®! Try 4x4 KenKen® here. The objective of a Ke...

Apr 13, 2026 • Scientific American

The Puzzle Inventor Who Makes Math Beautiful

An elementary-school math teacher silently paces his classroom in a pin-striped stockbroker shirt, h...

Dec 29, 2020 • The New Yorker

Game Guide: 'KenKen Classic' exponentially better than Sudoku

As a gamer and a math teacher, I am often asked which game is the most educational and entertaining....

Mar 25, 2016 • Battle Creek Enquirer

The King of KenKen

Did you ever play Milton Bradley’s Gator Golf or Crocodile Dentist, either growing up or with your...

Aug 29, 2016 • Westchester Magazine

Have fun and do basic math with KenKen puzzles

KenKen can stump even the most dedicated of problem solvers yet requires nothing more than basic ari...

Apr 28, 2015 • The Herald-Times

Will KenKen be the next Sudoku or a passing puzzle fad?

You are powerless to stop KenKen. Perhaps the new Japanese arithmo-logical challenge, which debuted ...

Feb 19, 2009 • Slate

KenKen is the new Sudoku for young minds in UAE

Over 3,000 young mathematicians will compete this weekend in a competition based on 'KenKen' - a gri...

Sep 14, 2016 • Khaleej Times