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 4 sandwiches, 4 fruits, and 2 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
2One 🍊 weighs the same as 2 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
3The pattern keeps going: 5, 8, 11, 14, … What is number 10 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
4One 🍊 weighs the same as 2 🍓. 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 3 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
7The pattern keeps going: 12, 19, 26, 33, … What is number 20 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
8One 🍎 weighs the same as 3 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
9The pattern keeps going: 14, 18, 22, 26, … What is number 15 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
10One 🍌 weighs the same as 2 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
11One 🍌 weighs the same as 3 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
12A farm has chickens and cows: 10 heads and 28 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 32 lunches
- 2. 12
- 3. 32
- 4. 7
- 5. 8
- 6. 24
- 7. 145
- 8. 4
- 9. 70
- 10. 7
- 11. 9
- 12. 4
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