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: ____________
13 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 3, then add 1. Now I have 22. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
45 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: ______________
6The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
7I think of a number. I multiply it by 5, then add 7. Now I have 32. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
8Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the middle left box?
Answer: ______________
9The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
106 friends meet. Each friend shakes hands with every other friend once. How many handshakes are there?
Answer: ______________ handshakes
11Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the bottom left box?
Answer: ______________
12The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 3 handshakes
- 2. 6 handshakes
- 3. 7
- 4. 10 handshakes
- 5. 3
- 6. 2
- 7. 5
- 8. 1
- 9. 5
- 10. 15 handshakes
- 11. 2
- 12. 4
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