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: ______________
2A farm has chickens and cows: 8 heads and 30 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
3One 🍐 weighs the same as 2 🍓. 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 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 3 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
9The pattern keeps going: 5, 11, 17, 23, … What is number 20 in the pattern?
Answer: ______________
10A lunch is 1 sandwich, 1 fruit, and 1 drink. There are 2 sandwiches, 3 fruits, and 3 drinks to choose from. How many different lunches are there?
Answer: ______________ lunches
11One 🍎 weighs the same as 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
12A farm has chickens and cows: 9 heads and 32 legs in all. How many chickens are there?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 10
- 2. 1
- 3. 8
- 4. 15
- 5. 7
- 6. 18
- 7. 15
- 8. 21
- 9. 119
- 10. 18 lunches
- 11. 6
- 12. 2
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