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, 6, 10, 14, … What is number 15 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
2A farm has chickens and cows: 14 heads and 42 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
3The pattern keeps going: 3, 12, 21, 30, … What is number 10 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
4A farm has chickens and cows: 13 heads and 42 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
5The pattern keeps going: 3, 10, 17, 24, … What is number 15 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
6A farm has chickens and cows: 7 heads and 24 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
7A farm has chickens and cows: 11 heads and 34 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
8A farm has chickens and cows: 8 heads and 18 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
9A farm has chickens and cows: 10 heads and 28 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
10A farm has chickens and cows: 11 heads and 34 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
11A farm has chickens and cows: 7 heads and 16 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
12A farm has chickens and cows: 6 heads and 22 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 58
- 2. 7
- 3. 84
- 4. 8
- 5. 101
- 6. 5
- 7. 6
- 8. 7
- 9. 6
- 10. 5
- 11. 6
- 12. 1
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