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: ____________
1Sam spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $8 on a snack. Now there is $5 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
2Omar spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $5 on a snack. Now there is $12 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
3Lily spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $7 on a snack. Now there is $6 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
4Kai spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $3 on a snack. Now there is $6 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
5Theo spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $8 on a snack. Now there is $4 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
6Maya spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $9 on a snack. Now there is $10 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
7Rosa spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $4 on a snack. Now there is $7 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
8Aiden spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $3 on a snack. Now there is $9 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
9Aiden spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $5 on a snack. Now there is $7 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
10Omar 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
11Leo spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $4 on a snack. Now there is $5 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
12Ben 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
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 26 dollars
- 2. 34 dollars
- 3. 26 dollars
- 4. 18 dollars
- 5. 24 dollars
- 6. 38 dollars
- 7. 22 dollars
- 8. 24 dollars
- 9. 24 dollars
- 10. 16 dollars
- 11. 18 dollars
- 12. 30 dollars
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