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: 4, 7, 10, 13, … What is number 20 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
2The pattern keeps going: 3, 6, 9, 12, … What is number 10 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
3The pattern keeps going: 8, 12, 16, 20, … What is number 20 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
4A farm has chickens and cows: 10 heads and 36 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
5A farm has chickens and cows: 7 heads and 16 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
6A farm has chickens and cows: 12 heads and 36 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
7The pattern keeps going: 8, 15, 22, 29, … What is number 20 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
8A farm has chickens and cows: 8 heads and 28 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
9The pattern keeps going: 13, 22, 31, 40, … What is number 15 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
10A farm has chickens and cows: 6 heads and 16 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
11A farm has chickens and cows: 7 heads and 22 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
12A farm has chickens and cows: 9 heads and 26 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 61
- 2. 30
- 3. 84
- 4. 8
- 5. 1
- 6. 6
- 7. 141
- 8. 6
- 9. 139
- 10. 4
- 11. 4
- 12. 5
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