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 3 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
4The pattern keeps going: 10, 17, 24, 31, … What is number 10 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
5The pattern keeps going: 3, 12, 21, 30, … What is number 10 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
6A lunch is 1 sandwich, 1 fruit, and 1 drink. There are 3 sandwiches, 4 fruits, and 3 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
7A farm has chickens and cows: 12 heads and 40 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
8A farm has chickens and cows: 12 heads and 38 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
9One 🍐 weighs the same as 2 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
10The pattern keeps going: 6, 9, 12, 15, … What is number 10 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
11A 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
12A farm has chickens and cows: 8 heads and 24 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 6
- 2. 5
- 3. 12
- 4. 73
- 5. 84
- 6. 36 lunches
- 7. 4
- 8. 5
- 9. 10
- 10. 33
- 11. 8 lunches
- 12. 4
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