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: ____________
14 friends meet. Each friend shakes hands with every other friend once. How many handshakes are there?
Answer: ______________ handshakes
2I think of a number. I multiply it by 2, then add 3. Now I have 17. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
35 friends meet. Each friend shakes hands with every other friend once. How many handshakes are there?
Answer: ______________ handshakes
4The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
56 friends meet. Each friend shakes hands with every other friend once. How many handshakes are there?
Answer: ______________ handshakes
63 friends meet. Each friend shakes hands with every other friend once. How many handshakes are there?
Answer: ______________ handshakes
7The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
8I think of a number. I multiply it by 5, then add 4. Now I have 14. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
9I think of a number. I multiply it by 5, then add 5. Now I have 35. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
10Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the top middle box?
Answer: ______________
11I think of a number. I multiply it by 5, then add 8. Now I have 43. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
12I think of a number. I multiply it by 5, then add 1. Now I have 41. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 6 handshakes
- 2. 7
- 3. 10 handshakes
- 4. 9
- 5. 15 handshakes
- 6. 3 handshakes
- 7. 9
- 8. 2
- 9. 6
- 10. 7
- 11. 7
- 12. 8
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