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: ____________
1The pattern keeps going: 2, 9, 16, 23, … What is number 15 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
2I am a multiple of 4. I am more than 30 and less than 34. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
3One 🍊 weighs the same as 2 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
4A farm has chickens and cows: 15 heads and 44 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
5A farm has chickens and cows: 9 heads and 28 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
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 2 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
9I am a multiple of 9. I am more than 61 and less than 70. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
10The pattern keeps going: 5, 11, 17, 23, … What is number 12 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
11One 🍊 weighs the same as 3 🍎. 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. 100
- 2. 32
- 3. 5
- 4. 8
- 5. 4
- 6. 6
- 7. 7
- 8. 7
- 9. 63
- 10. 71
- 11. 3
- 12. 8
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