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: ____________
1One 🍎 weighs the same as 2 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
2One 🍓 weighs the same as 2 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
3One 🍎 weighs the same as 2 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
4The pattern keeps going: 15, 21, 27, 33, … What is number 10 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
5One 🍎 weighs the same as 3 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
6A farm has chickens and cows: 16 heads and 48 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
7One 🍐 weighs the same as 3 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
8One 🍌 weighs the same as 3 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
9One 🍓 weighs the same as 2 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
10The pattern keeps going: 20, 29, 38, 47, … What is number 15 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
11One 🍎 weighs the same as 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
12A 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
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 12
- 2. 8
- 3. 4
- 4. 69
- 5. 2
- 6. 8
- 7. 15
- 8. 8
- 9. 3
- 10. 146
- 11. 5
- 12. 24 lunches
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