IQ Pentagon
IQ Pentagon shifts the familiar IQ puzzle style onto a five-sided board where space doesn't behave the way it does on a grid. The 120 challenges build from approachable to brain-bending. This travel-ready logic puzzle includes 12 pieces and one pentagon board, and fits anywhere.
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2026 Twelfth-Grade Curriculum Kit
IQ Pentagon
SmartGames IQ Pentagon challenges your teen to solve 120 increasingly difficult packing puzzles using double-sided pieces on a five-sided game board, where sharp angles and irregular edges make every challenge less straightforward than it first appears.
The colorful puzzle pieces can be flipped and rotated, giving each one multiple possible orientations. Combined with the pentagon-shaped board, which adds flexibility, creates puzzles that reward careful planning and make quick guesses less effective.
Each challenge begins with some pieces already in place. Your teen must determine where the remaining pieces belong, knowing that one early decision can completely change the options available later. Sometimes the solution isn't finding a different location for a piece—it's discovering that the piece belongs there, facing the opposite direction.
Rather than relying on trial and error, the puzzles encourage spatial reasoning, flexible thinking, and perseverance. As the challenges become more complex, your teen learns to recognize patterns, anticipate tight spaces, and think several moves ahead before placing the next piece.
The compact travel case securely stores all the pieces, making IQ Pentagon an excellent choice for independent play at home, in the car, or while traveling. With 120 challenges ranging from beginner to expert, it's a puzzle your teen can revisit again and again as each new solution builds confidence for the next.
How to Use SmartGames IQ Pentagon
- Choose a challenge and arrange the starting pieces on the board exactly as shown in the booklet.
- Before placing the remaining pieces, study the open spaces and consider how the angled edges affect the available room. Remember that every puzzle piece can be flipped as well as rotated, so each one has more than one possible orientation.
- Begin with the pieces that have the clearest position, then work outward from there. If a piece seems almost right but blocks the remaining spaces, try turning it over or rethinking an earlier placement before moving on.
- If you get stuck, remove a few pieces and look at the board with fresh eyes rather than forcing a solution. Small changes early in the puzzle often open possibilities later.
- Work through the challenges in order, from beginner to expert. As your teen gains experience, he'll become quicker at recognizing patterns, visualizing different orientations, and finding solutions with fewer adjustments.
Manufacturer: SmartGames
Contents: Pentagon-shaped gameboard, 10 colorful puzzle pieces, hardcover booklet with 120 challenges
Difficulty Levels: 5 levels (Starter to Wizard)
Players: 1
Age Recommendation: 14+
Country of Origin: Belgium
