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 9. I am more than 38 and less than 47. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
2A farm has chickens and cows: 11 heads and 32 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
3One 🍐 weighs the same as 3 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
4One 🍌 weighs the same as 2 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
5One 🍎 weighs the same as 3 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
6The pattern keeps going: 7, 14, 21, 28, … What is number 20 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
7One 🍎 weighs the same as 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
8One 🍊 weighs the same as 3 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
9A 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
10I am a multiple of 5. I am more than 38 and less than 43. What number am I?
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. 45
- 2. 5
- 3. 8
- 4. 5
- 5. 6
- 6. 140
- 7. 16
- 8. 2
- 9. 8 lunches
- 10. 40
- 11. 5
- 12. 4
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