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 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
2One 🍐 weighs the same as 3 🍎. 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: ______________
6One 🍊 weighs the same as 3 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
7The pattern keeps going: 15, 22, 29, 36, … What is number 20 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
8I am a multiple of 4. I am more than 43 and less than 47. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
9The pattern keeps going: 16, 20, 24, 28, … What is number 12 in the pattern?
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. 8 lunches
- 2. 4
- 3. 7
- 4. 16
- 5. 12
- 6. 8
- 7. 148
- 8. 44
- 9. 60
- 10. 12
- 11. 14
- 12. 10
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