Printable Manipulatives

Manipulatives are hands-on tools used to act out various thinking processes.  They make learning interesting and provide a visual understanding of how and why things work. Here you will find printable math manipulatives. Select an item to view the downloadable PDF file. When you click on an image, the document will open in a new window for you to print or save. If your privacy settings do not allow you to open the document, right click to save the file to your computer. You can use the dropdown box if you know what you're looking for.

Printable Penta Blocks
Use penta blocks to explore symmetry, congruence, ratios, tessellations, and more.

Printable Polygon Pattern Blocks
Includes six different shapes: triangles, squares, rhombuses, trapezoids, hexagons, and diamonds.

Printable Power Polygons
More shapes than traditional polygons.  Includes, equilateral, isosceles, and scalene triangles, squares, rectangles, diamonds, trapezoids, and rhombuses.

Printable Tangram Puzzle
Two complete Tangram puzzles.  A fun way to strengthen problem solving skills.

Printable Pentominoes
One complete pentamino puzzle. Useful for finding lines of symmetry, congruent shapes, perimeters, area, and tiling.

Large Polygon Set
Prints on 3 pages. There are 64 unique polygons.  A great manipulative for classifying angles and shapes.

Two Sided Red and Yellow Counters
Fold along the dotted lines and glue together for double sided counters. Great for introducing probability.