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: ____________
13 friends stand in a line for a photo. How many different orders can they stand in?
Answer: ______________ orders
2Aiden 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
3How many different 2-digit numbers can you make with the digits 3, 7, 6, 9, using a digit only once in a number?
Answer: ______________ numbers
4Nora spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $5 on a snack. Now there is $2 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
54 friends stand in a line for a photo. How many different orders can they stand in?
Answer: ______________ orders
6Maya 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
7How many different 2-digit numbers can you make with the digits 9, 1, 3, 7, 2, using a digit only once in a number?
Answer: ______________ numbers
8Omar spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $1 on a snack. Now there is $9 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
9How many different 2-digit numbers can you make with the digits 3, 9, 7, 6, using a digit only once in a number?
Answer: ______________ numbers
10Every row, column, and diagonal makes 21. What number goes in the top left box?
Answer: ______________
11How many different 2-digit numbers can you make with the digits 2, 5, 1, 9, using a digit only once in a number?
Answer: ______________ numbers
12How many different 2-digit numbers can you make with the digits 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, using a digit only once in a number?
Answer: ______________ numbers
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 6 orders
- 2. 28 dollars
- 3. 12 numbers
- 4. 14 dollars
- 5. 24 orders
- 6. 24 dollars
- 7. 20 numbers
- 8. 20 dollars
- 9. 12 numbers
- 10. 8
- 11. 12 numbers
- 12. 20 numbers
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