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: ____________
15 friends meet. Each friend shakes hands with every other friend once. How many handshakes are there?
Answer: ______________ handshakes
24 friends meet. Each friend shakes hands with every other friend once. How many handshakes are there?
Answer: ______________ handshakes
3I think of a number. I multiply it by 4, then add 7. Now I have 15. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
43 friends meet. Each friend shakes hands with every other friend once. How many handshakes are there?
Answer: ______________ handshakes
5The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
6Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the middle left box?
Answer: ______________
7I think of a number. I multiply it by 4, then add 8. Now I have 40. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
8The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
96 friends meet. Each friend shakes hands with every other friend once. How many handshakes are there?
Answer: ______________ handshakes
10The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
11The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
12I think of a number. I multiply it by 5, then add 3. Now I have 43. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 10 handshakes
- 2. 6 handshakes
- 3. 2
- 4. 3 handshakes
- 5. 2
- 6. 3
- 7. 8
- 8. 9
- 9. 15 handshakes
- 10. 6
- 11. 4
- 12. 8
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