Virtual Manipulatives #8 - Mastermind

This manipulative is found in grades 3-5 Numbers and Operations. This is a game similar to the color tile logic game where the object is to guess the order of colored pegs. You win the game by discovering the colors of the four peg solution. You have 8 chances to correctly guess answer. After each guess you receive feedback consisting of black and white pegs. The number of black pegs is the number of correct pegs in your guess. That is, for example, one black peg tells you that exactly one of the pegs in your guess is the right color in the right place, but you don't know which one is correct. The number of white pegs is the number of pegs in your guess that are the correct colors but that are not placed in the correct positions, so two white pegs would tell you that two of your four pegs are correctly colored but not in the right locations.
This is a challenging game that students at all different levels can play since you can switch the number of colors used from 2 colors to 6 colors.