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: ____________
1I am a multiple of 5. I am more than 57 and less than 62. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
2A farm has chickens and cows: 12 heads and 34 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
3A farm has chickens and cows: 9 heads and 28 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
4A farm has chickens and cows: 11 heads and 32 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
5A 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
6I am a multiple of 4. I am more than 45 and less than 49. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
7I am a multiple of 7. I am more than 73 and less than 80. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
8I am a multiple of 9. I am more than 80 and less than 89. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
9I am a multiple of 7. I am more than 83 and less than 90. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
10I am a multiple of 6. I am more than 55 and less than 61. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
11The pattern keeps going: 7, 16, 25, 34, … What is number 15 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
12A lunch is 1 sandwich, 1 fruit, and 1 drink. There are 2 sandwiches, 4 fruits, and 3 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 60
- 2. 7
- 3. 5
- 4. 6
- 5. 12 lunches
- 6. 48
- 7. 77
- 8. 81
- 9. 84
- 10. 60
- 11. 133
- 12. 24 lunches
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