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: ____________
1Jamal 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
2Ben spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $5 on a snack. Now there is $11 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
3Ben spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $6 on a snack. Now there is $3 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
4Omar spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $8 on a snack. Now there is $6 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
5Ben spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $6 on a snack. Now there is $4 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
6Jamal spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $5 on a snack. Now there is $6 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
7Omar 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
8Sam spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $8 on a snack. Now there is $10 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
9Ana spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $8 on a snack. Now there is $7 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
10Mei spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $6 on a snack. Now there is $7 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
11Ana spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $2 on a snack. Now there is $9 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
12Rosa spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $9 on a snack. Now there is $8 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 10 dollars
- 2. 32 dollars
- 3. 18 dollars
- 4. 28 dollars
- 5. 20 dollars
- 6. 22 dollars
- 7. 30 dollars
- 8. 36 dollars
- 9. 30 dollars
- 10. 26 dollars
- 11. 22 dollars
- 12. 34 dollars
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