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: ____________
1Zoe spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $4 on a snack. Now there is $5 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
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: ______________
5One 🍐 weighs the same as 2 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
6Theo spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $3 on a snack. Now there is $11 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
7One 🍓 weighs the same as 2 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
8One 🍐 weighs the same as 2 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
9Zoe 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
10One 🍌 weighs the same as 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
11How many different 2-digit numbers can you make with the digits 1, 8, 4, 6, 7, using a digit only once in a number?
Answer: ______________ numbers
12One 🍌 weighs the same as 3 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 18 dollars
- 2. 9
- 3. 12
- 4. 4
- 5. 3
- 6. 28 dollars
- 7. 8
- 8. 2
- 9. 32 dollars
- 10. 6
- 11. 20 numbers
- 12. 15
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