Escape the Dark Gate: Diwali Puzzle Challenge for Big Explorers
Children solve four puzzles: a secret word, lamp heights, a rangoli count and a number walk. Each gives one digit, and the four digits must add to 24 to open the gate of Ayodhya.
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How to use this worksheet
Read the story, then solve each puzzle and write its digit on a lock. Add the four locks and check that they total 24. Colour the gate to light it.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Coloured pencils
Extension activities
- 1Write a new puzzle gate for a friend.
- 2Time yourself on a second try.

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Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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