Number Pair Match
Find the number that appears twice
Play online — no app to installFree printable worksheets
Saerok is a brain-training playground where games that help with early dementia and mild cognitive decline are free to play. It works on a computer, a tablet or a phone, and if the screen is hard to use you can print the puzzles instead.
Download the worksheets (PDF)
Download and print straight away — no sign-up, no email. Each file holds four worksheets and the answer sheets.
These files are prepared in advance, so they always hold the same puzzles. For a fresh set every time, use “Print puzzles” on the site itself.
Five levels
- 1. First steps — 16 tiles · find 2 pairs
- 2. Gentle — 20 tiles · find 3 pairs
- 3. Easy — 24 tiles · find 3 pairs
- 4. Normal — 30 tiles · find 4 pairs
- 5. Hard — 36 tiles · find 5 pairs
Scoring
| Level | The board grows and the number of pairs increases — Level 1: 16 tiles/2 pairs · Level 2: 20 tiles/3 pairs · Level 3: 24 tiles/3 pairs · Level 4: 30 tiles/4 pairs · Level 5: 36 tiles/5 pairs |
|---|---|
| How to play | Tap one spot where the same number appears twice on the board. Its matching partner is revealed too |
| Search points | Up to 600 · in proportion to pairs found |
| Time bonus | Up to 300 · only if you finish, in proportion to time left |
| Focus bonus | Up to 100 · for every grid finished without a single slip |
| Wrong-answer penalty | None — a wrong tap only flashes the cell red for a moment |
| Level bonus | Normal +100, Hard +250 (when you finish) |
| Top score | Levels 1–3: 1,000 · Normal: 1,100 · Hard: 1,250 |
I went looking online for puzzles for my mother, who lives with dementia, and found it far too hard to find good ones — so I made these for her. I am putting them here in the hope that they help someone else too.