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: 2, 5, 8, 11, … What is number 15 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
2The pattern keeps going: 9, 15, 21, 27, … What is number 15 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
3The pattern keeps going: 20, 26, 32, 38, … What is number 10 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
4The pattern keeps going: 10, 14, 18, 22, … What is number 12 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
5A farm has chickens and cows: 9 heads and 20 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
6A farm has chickens and cows: 11 heads and 30 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
7A farm has chickens and cows: 5 heads and 16 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
8A farm has chickens and cows: 13 heads and 40 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
9The pattern keeps going: 5, 8, 11, 14, … What is number 12 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
10A farm has chickens and cows: 3 heads and 8 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
11A farm has chickens and cows: 6 heads and 16 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
12The pattern keeps going: 8, 14, 20, 26, … What is number 10 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 44
- 2. 93
- 3. 74
- 4. 54
- 5. 8
- 6. 4
- 7. 3
- 8. 7
- 9. 38
- 10. 1
- 11. 4
- 12. 62
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