πagarwalmath · 3rd 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 multiply it by 5, then add 4. Now I have 29. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
2I think of a number. I multiply it by 2, then add 7. Now I have 11. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
3The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
4I think of a number. I multiply it by 4, then add 8. Now I have 44. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
5I think of a number. I multiply it by 5, then add 8. Now I have 53. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
6I think of a number. I multiply it by 3, then add 1. Now I have 16. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
7I think of a number. I multiply it by 3, then add 4. Now I have 31. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
8The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
9Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the bottom left box?
Answer: ______________
10The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
11I think of a number. I multiply it by 5, then add 4. Now I have 14. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
12I think of a number. I multiply it by 4, then add 9. Now I have 37. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 5
- 2. 2
- 3. 6
- 4. 9
- 5. 9
- 6. 5
- 7. 9
- 8. 3
- 9. 8
- 10. 9
- 11. 2
- 12. 7
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