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: ____________
1The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
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2I think of a number. I multiply it by 5, then add 5. Now I have 40. What number did I start with?
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3I think of a number. I multiply it by 5, then add 1. Now I have 46. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
4I think of a number. I multiply it by 2, then add 3. Now I have 11. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
5Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the top left box?
Answer: ______________
6The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
7I think of a number. I multiply it by 2, then add 1. Now I have 7. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
8I think of a number. I multiply it by 2, then add 8. Now I have 12. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
9I think of a number. I multiply it by 3, then add 9. Now I have 18. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
10I think of a number. I multiply it by 3, then add 1. Now I have 16. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
11I think of a number. I multiply it by 2, then add 3. Now I have 9. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
12I think of a number. I multiply it by 3, then add 6. Now I have 33. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 9
- 2. 7
- 3. 9
- 4. 4
- 5. 2
- 6. 9
- 7. 3
- 8. 2
- 9. 3
- 10. 5
- 11. 3
- 12. 9
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