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: 14, 21, 28, 35, … What is number 12 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
2One 🍐 weighs the same as 2 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
3One 🍓 weighs the same as 3 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
4The pattern keeps going: 15, 18, 21, 24, … What is number 12 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
5A 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
6I am a multiple of 7. I am more than 65 and less than 72. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
7One 🍎 weighs the same as 3 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
8A farm has chickens and cows: 7 heads and 18 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
9One 🍊 weighs the same as 3 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
10One 🍌 weighs the same as 2 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
11One 🍓 weighs the same as 2 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
12One 🍊 weighs the same as 3 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 91
- 2. 3
- 3. 21
- 4. 48
- 5. 8 lunches
- 6. 70
- 7. 6
- 8. 5
- 9. 6
- 10. 3
- 11. 3
- 12. 9
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