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: 11 heads and 30 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
2I am a multiple of 8. I am more than 71 and less than 79. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
3One 🍎 weighs the same as 3 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
4One 🍎 weighs the same as 3 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
5A lunch is 1 sandwich, 1 fruit, and 1 drink. There are 4 sandwiches, 4 fruits, and 3 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
6One 🍓 weighs the same as 3 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
7One 🍊 weighs the same as 2 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
8A farm has chickens and cows: 5 heads and 14 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 3 🍐. 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 2 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 7
- 2. 72
- 3. 4
- 4. 8
- 5. 48 lunches
- 6. 24
- 7. 14
- 8. 3
- 9. 18
- 10. 24
- 11. 6
- 12. 10
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