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 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 3 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
5One 🍓 weighs the same as 2 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
6One 🍎 weighs the same as 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
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: ______________
9A lunch is 1 sandwich, 1 fruit, and 1 drink. There are 3 sandwiches, 2 fruits, and 2 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
10One 🍓 weighs the same as 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
11The pattern keeps going: 12, 15, 18, 21, … What is number 15 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
12One 🍌 weighs the same as 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 3
- 2. 8
- 3. 2
- 4. 21
- 5. 4
- 6. 4
- 7. 24
- 8. 5
- 9. 12 lunches
- 10. 6
- 11. 54
- 12. 4
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