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: ____________
1Priya 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
2Theo spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $1 on a snack. Now there is $4 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 $5 on a snack. Now there is $3 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
4Aiden spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $5 on a snack. Now there is $4 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 $9 on a snack. Now there is $3 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
6Ana spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $8 on a snack. Now there is $8 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
7Ana 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
8Nora spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $8 on a snack. Now there is $3 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
9Mei spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $1 on a snack. Now there is $6 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
10Leo 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
11Theo spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $4 on a snack. Now there is $8 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
12Jamal spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $1 on a snack. Now there is $2 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 26 dollars
- 2. 10 dollars
- 3. 16 dollars
- 4. 18 dollars
- 5. 24 dollars
- 6. 32 dollars
- 7. 18 dollars
- 8. 22 dollars
- 9. 14 dollars
- 10. 18 dollars
- 11. 24 dollars
- 12. 6 dollars
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