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: ____________
1Every row, column, and diagonal makes 27. What number goes in the bottom right box?
Answer: ______________
2One 🍊 weighs the same as 3 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
34 friends stand in a line for a photo. How many different orders can they stand in?
Answer: ______________ orders
4One 🍎 weighs the same as 2 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
5One 🍊 weighs the same as 2 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
6One 🍐 weighs the same as 3 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
7How many different 2-digit numbers can you make with the digits 5, 2, 8, 9, using a digit only once in a number?
Answer: ______________ numbers
8One 🍎 weighs the same as 2 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
9One 🍊 weighs the same as 3 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
10Ana spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $1 on a snack. Now there is $3 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
11One 🍌 weighs the same as 3 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
12One 🍐 weighs the same as 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 6
- 2. 21
- 3. 24 orders
- 4. 7
- 5. 14
- 6. 9
- 7. 12 numbers
- 8. 14
- 9. 12
- 10. 8 dollars
- 11. 12
- 12. 8
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