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: 7 heads and 16 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
2The pattern keeps going: 12, 21, 30, 39, … What is number 10 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
3A 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
4I am a multiple of 6. I am more than 26 and less than 32. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
5A farm has chickens and cows: 10 heads and 32 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
6I am a multiple of 9. I am more than 55 and less than 64. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
7I am a multiple of 4. I am more than 46 and less than 50. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
8A 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
9A farm has chickens and cows: 8 heads and 22 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
10A 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
11I am a multiple of 5. I am more than 32 and less than 37. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
12I am a multiple of 9. I am more than 61 and less than 70. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 6
- 2. 93
- 3. 18 lunches
- 4. 30
- 5. 4
- 6. 63
- 7. 48
- 8. 24 lunches
- 9. 5
- 10. 24 lunches
- 11. 35
- 12. 63
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