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: ______________
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: ______________
6I am a multiple of 8. I am more than 77 and less than 85. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
7A farm has chickens and cows: 10 heads and 34 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
8One 🍐 weighs the same as 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
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 3 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
12A farm has chickens and cows: 12 heads and 36 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 6
- 2. 14
- 3. 16
- 4. 8
- 5. 7
- 6. 80
- 7. 7
- 8. 5
- 9. 18
- 10. 10
- 11. 6
- 12. 6
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