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: 15, 18, 21, 24, … What is number 10 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
2A lunch is 1 sandwich, 1 fruit, and 1 drink. There are 3 sandwiches, 3 fruits, and 2 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
3A lunch is 1 sandwich, 1 fruit, and 1 drink. There are 3 sandwiches, 2 fruits, and 2 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
4A lunch is 1 sandwich, 1 fruit, and 1 drink. There are 3 sandwiches, 4 fruits, and 2 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
5A lunch is 1 sandwich, 1 fruit, and 1 drink. There are 2 sandwiches, 2 fruits, and 2 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
6A farm has chickens and cows: 8 heads and 18 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
7The pattern keeps going: 13, 17, 21, 25, … What is number 20 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
8A lunch is 1 sandwich, 1 fruit, and 1 drink. There are 2 sandwiches, 3 fruits, and 3 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
9A farm has chickens and cows: 4 heads and 14 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
10A lunch is 1 sandwich, 1 fruit, and 1 drink. There are 4 sandwiches, 4 fruits, and 2 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
11A farm has chickens and cows: 9 heads and 28 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
12The pattern keeps going: 20, 29, 38, 47, … What is number 15 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 42
- 2. 18 lunches
- 3. 12 lunches
- 4. 24 lunches
- 5. 8 lunches
- 6. 1
- 7. 89
- 8. 18 lunches
- 9. 1
- 10. 32 lunches
- 11. 4
- 12. 146
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