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: 13, 17, 21, 25, … What is number 12 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
2A farm has chickens and cows: 16 heads and 48 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
3A farm has chickens and cows: 5 heads and 16 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
4A farm has chickens and cows: 12 heads and 40 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
5The pattern keeps going: 16, 22, 28, 34, … What is number 15 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
6The pattern keeps going: 19, 26, 33, 40, … What is number 10 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
7A farm has chickens and cows: 15 heads and 44 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
8A farm has chickens and cows: 8 heads and 26 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
9The pattern keeps going: 15, 18, 21, 24, … What is number 15 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
10The pattern keeps going: 18, 25, 32, 39, … What is number 20 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
11A farm has chickens and cows: 11 heads and 32 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
12The pattern keeps going: 18, 21, 24, 27, … What is number 10 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 57
- 2. 8
- 3. 2
- 4. 8
- 5. 100
- 6. 82
- 7. 7
- 8. 5
- 9. 57
- 10. 151
- 11. 5
- 12. 45
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