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 lunch is 1 sandwich, 1 fruit, and 1 drink. There are 2 sandwiches, 2 fruits, and 3 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
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 farm has chickens and cows: 10 heads and 24 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
4A lunch is 1 sandwich, 1 fruit, and 1 drink. There are 2 sandwiches, 4 fruits, and 2 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
5A farm has chickens and cows: 4 heads and 12 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
6A 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
7A farm has chickens and cows: 8 heads and 30 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
8A 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
9A farm has chickens and cows: 6 heads and 20 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
10The pattern keeps going: 4, 11, 18, 25, … What is number 20 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
11The pattern keeps going: 16, 20, 24, 28, … What is number 20 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
12A 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
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 12 lunches
- 2. 24 lunches
- 3. 2
- 4. 16 lunches
- 5. 2
- 6. 8 lunches
- 7. 7
- 8. 12 lunches
- 9. 4
- 10. 137
- 11. 92
- 12. 18 lunches
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