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: 8, 11, 14, 17, … What is number 15 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
2A 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
3A farm has chickens and cows: 9 heads and 22 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
4A 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
5A 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
6A 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
7A lunch is 1 sandwich, 1 fruit, and 1 drink. There are 3 sandwiches, 4 fruits, and 3 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
8A 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
9The pattern keeps going: 4, 11, 18, 25, … What is number 12 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
10A farm has chickens and cows: 5 heads and 18 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
11A 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
12The pattern keeps going: 15, 19, 23, 27, … What is number 20 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 50
- 2. 36 lunches
- 3. 2
- 4. 24 lunches
- 5. 18 lunches
- 6. 24 lunches
- 7. 36 lunches
- 8. 32 lunches
- 9. 81
- 10. 4
- 11. 16 lunches
- 12. 91
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