πagarwalmath · 4th 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: ____________
1The pattern keeps going: 17, 26, 35, 44, … What is number 12 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
2The pattern keeps going: 18, 27, 36, 45, … What is number 10 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
3A farm has chickens and cows: 14 heads and 42 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
4The pattern keeps going: 17, 23, 29, 35, … What is number 15 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
5The pattern keeps going: 7, 16, 25, 34, … What is number 15 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
6The pattern keeps going: 9, 15, 21, 27, … What is number 20 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
7A farm has chickens and cows: 10 heads and 30 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
8A farm has chickens and cows: 9 heads and 26 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
9The pattern keeps going: 5, 12, 19, 26, … What is number 10 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
10The pattern keeps going: 17, 21, 25, 29, … What is number 20 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
11A farm has chickens and cows: 6 heads and 14 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
12The pattern keeps going: 15, 21, 27, 33, … What is number 12 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 116
- 2. 99
- 3. 7
- 4. 101
- 5. 133
- 6. 123
- 7. 5
- 8. 5
- 9. 68
- 10. 93
- 11. 1
- 12. 81
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