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: ______________
2A 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
3One 🍊 weighs the same as 3 🍌. 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 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
9One 🍐 weighs the same as 2 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
10A farm has chickens and cows: 9 heads and 20 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
11One 🍊 weighs the same as 2 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
12One 🍊 weighs the same as 3 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 5
- 2. 36 lunches
- 3. 6
- 4. 6
- 5. 8
- 6. 10
- 7. 4
- 8. 6
- 9. 8
- 10. 8
- 11. 12
- 12. 7
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