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
26 friends meet. Each friend shakes hands with every other friend once. How many handshakes are there?
Answer: ______________ handshakes
3Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the bottom middle box?
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: ______________
6I think of a number. I multiply it by 3, then add 6. Now I have 18. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
7I think of a number. I multiply it by 5, then add 4. Now I have 19. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
83 friends meet. Each friend shakes hands with every other friend once. How many handshakes are there?
Answer: ______________ handshakes
9The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
10The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
11Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the bottom right box?
Answer: ______________
12I think of a number. I multiply it by 5, then add 3. Now I have 23. What number did I start with?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 6 handshakes
- 2. 15 handshakes
- 3. 3
- 4. 10 handshakes
- 5. 9
- 6. 4
- 7. 3
- 8. 3 handshakes
- 9. 9
- 10. 9
- 11. 8
- 12. 4
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