πagarwalmath · 1st grade · Common Core MP.1
🚀 Challenge puzzles
Make sense of problems and keep at them (puzzles that need thinking, not a known method)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1I think of a number. I add 6, then take away 4. Now I have 5. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
2The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
3What comes next? 12, 17, 22, 27, ?
Answer: ______________
4I think of a number. I add 6, then take away 8. Now I have 4. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
5I think of a number. I add 6, then take away 13. Now I have 5. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
6I think of a number. I add 4, then take away 6. Now I have 2. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
7I think of a number. I add 4, then take away 8. Now I have 1. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
8I think of a number. I add 3, then take away 2. Now I have 5. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
9I think of a number. I add 6, then take away 7. Now I have 2. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
10I think of a number. I add 5, then take away 4. Now I have 3. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
11What comes next? 17, 19, 21, 23, ?
Answer: ______________
12I think of a number. I add 3, then take away 6. Now I have 7. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 3
- 2. 4
- 3. 32
- 4. 6
- 5. 12
- 6. 4
- 7. 5
- 8. 4
- 9. 3
- 10. 2
- 11. 25
- 12. 10
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