πagarwalmath · 5th 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: ____________
1Aiden spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $7 on a snack. Now there is $2 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
2Priya spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $2 on a snack. Now there is $4 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
3Aiden spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $4 on a snack. Now there is $4 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
4Rosa spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $4 on a snack. Now there is $2 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
5Aiden spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $3 on a snack. Now there is $2 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
6Theo spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $6 on a snack. Now there is $11 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
7Kai spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $4 on a snack. Now there is $4 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
8Omar spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $4 on a snack. Now there is $4 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
9Sam spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $9 on a snack. Now there is $4 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
10Jamal spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $9 on a snack. Now there is $11 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
11Theo spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $3 on a snack. Now there is $12 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
12Ana spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $6 on a snack. Now there is $5 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 18 dollars
- 2. 12 dollars
- 3. 16 dollars
- 4. 12 dollars
- 5. 10 dollars
- 6. 34 dollars
- 7. 16 dollars
- 8. 16 dollars
- 9. 26 dollars
- 10. 40 dollars
- 11. 30 dollars
- 12. 22 dollars
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