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 3 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
2One 🍎 weighs the same as 2 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
3A lunch is 1 sandwich, 1 fruit, and 1 drink. There are 4 sandwiches, 3 fruits, and 3 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
4One 🍐 weighs the same as 3 🍌. 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: ______________
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 6. I am more than 43 and less than 49. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
10One 🍊 weighs the same as 2 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
11A farm has chickens and cows: 12 heads and 36 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
12One 🍌 weighs the same as 2 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 5
- 2. 7
- 3. 36 lunches
- 4. 9
- 5. 3
- 6. 21
- 7. 6
- 8. 4
- 9. 48
- 10. 3
- 11. 6
- 12. 2
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