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 3 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
3One 🍐 weighs the same as 2 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
4One 🍓 weighs the same as 2 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
5Every row, column, and diagonal makes 30. What number goes in the top right box?
Answer: ______________
6One 🍐 weighs the same as 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
7One 🍓 weighs the same as 3 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
8One 🍐 weighs the same as 2 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
9Every row, column, and diagonal makes 21. What number goes in the top right box?
Answer: ______________
10One 🍌 weighs the same as 2 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
11One 🍐 weighs the same as 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
12One 🍌 weighs the same as 3 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 3
- 2. 21
- 3. 6
- 4. 14
- 5. 9
- 6. 5
- 7. 8
- 8. 2
- 9. 4
- 10. 10
- 11. 10
- 12. 8
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