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 4, then add 2. Now I have 38. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
2I think of a number. I multiply it by 3, then add 3. Now I have 15. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
3I think of a number. I multiply it by 5, then add 3. Now I have 23. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
4Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the top middle box?
Answer: ______________
5I think of a number. I multiply it by 2, then add 1. Now I have 7. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
6The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
7I think of a number. I multiply it by 4, then add 4. Now I have 16. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
8I think of a number. I multiply it by 4, then add 9. Now I have 17. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
9I think of a number. I multiply it by 5, then add 1. Now I have 16. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
10I think of a number. I multiply it by 5, then add 9. Now I have 19. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
11I think of a number. I multiply it by 3, then add 3. Now I have 18. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
12I think of a number. I multiply it by 5, then add 1. Now I have 46. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 9
- 2. 4
- 3. 4
- 4. 9
- 5. 3
- 6. 2
- 7. 3
- 8. 2
- 9. 3
- 10. 2
- 11. 5
- 12. 9
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