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: ____________
1A farm has chickens and cows: 8 heads and 26 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
2A lunch is 1 sandwich, 1 fruit, and 1 drink. There are 4 sandwiches, 2 fruits, and 3 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
3A lunch is 1 sandwich, 1 fruit, and 1 drink. There are 2 sandwiches, 3 fruits, and 2 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
4A farm has chickens and cows: 7 heads and 16 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
5A lunch is 1 sandwich, 1 fruit, and 1 drink. There are 4 sandwiches, 4 fruits, and 3 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
6The pattern keeps going: 19, 26, 33, 40, … What is number 15 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
7A lunch is 1 sandwich, 1 fruit, and 1 drink. There are 4 sandwiches, 2 fruits, and 2 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
8A farm has chickens and cows: 6 heads and 20 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
9A 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
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
11The pattern keeps going: 5, 8, 11, 14, … What is number 20 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
12A farm has chickens and cows: 2 heads and 6 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 3
- 2. 24 lunches
- 3. 12 lunches
- 4. 6
- 5. 48 lunches
- 6. 117
- 7. 16 lunches
- 8. 2
- 9. 18 lunches
- 10. 32 lunches
- 11. 62
- 12. 1
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