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: ____________
1One 🍌 weighs the same as 2 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
2One 🍎 weighs the same as 2 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
3One 🍎 weighs the same as 2 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
4How many different 2-digit numbers can you make with the digits 8, 1, 6, 9, using a digit only once in a number?
Answer: ______________ numbers
5One 🍓 weighs the same as 3 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
6One 🍎 weighs the same as 3 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
7Theo 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
8One 🍌 weighs the same as 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
9One 🍊 weighs the same as 2 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
10Zoe 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
11One 🍓 weighs the same as 2 🍌. 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. 8
- 2. 4
- 3. 3
- 4. 12 numbers
- 5. 6
- 6. 2
- 7. 24 dollars
- 8. 4
- 9. 12
- 10. 32 dollars
- 11. 8
- 12. 6
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