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 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
3I am a multiple of 6. I am more than 49 and less than 55. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
4I am a multiple of 5. I am more than 44 and less than 49. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
5A farm has chickens and cows: 16 heads and 48 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
6One 🍓 weighs the same as 3 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
7One 🍐 weighs the same as 2 🍌. 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 3 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
10I am a multiple of 4. I am more than 39 and less than 43. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
11A farm has chickens and cows: 12 heads and 38 legs in all. How many cows are there?
Answer: ______________
12One 🍓 weighs the same as 2 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 6
- 2. 2
- 3. 54
- 4. 45
- 5. 8
- 6. 21
- 7. 12
- 8. 3
- 9. 3
- 10. 40
- 11. 7
- 12. 6
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