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 28 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
2The pattern keeps going: 17, 21, 25, 29, … What is number 15 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
3The pattern keeps going: 19, 28, 37, 46, … What is number 15 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
4A 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
5A lunch is 1 sandwich, 1 fruit, and 1 drink. There are 4 sandwiches, 3 fruits, and 2 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
6A lunch is 1 sandwich, 1 fruit, and 1 drink. There are 4 sandwiches, 3 fruits, and 3 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
7A 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
8The pattern keeps going: 17, 26, 35, 44, … What is number 12 in the pattern?
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
11A lunch is 1 sandwich, 1 fruit, and 1 drink. There are 3 sandwiches, 3 fruits, and 3 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
12A 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
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 2
- 2. 73
- 3. 145
- 4. 8 lunches
- 5. 24 lunches
- 6. 36 lunches
- 7. 12 lunches
- 8. 116
- 9. 18 lunches
- 10. 32 lunches
- 11. 27 lunches
- 12. 24 lunches
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