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 3 🍓. 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 3 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
4Every row, column, and diagonal makes 39. What number goes in the bottom right box?
Answer: ______________
54 friends stand in a line for a photo. How many different orders can they stand in?
Answer: ______________ orders
63 friends stand in a line for a photo. How many different orders can they stand in?
Answer: ______________ orders
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: ______________
9One 🍎 weighs the same as 3 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
10One 🍎 weighs the same as 3 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
11One 🍐 weighs the same as 3 🍎. 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. 18
- 2. 4
- 3. 6
- 4. 12
- 5. 24 orders
- 6. 6 orders
- 7. 3
- 8. 6
- 9. 12
- 10. 8
- 11. 2
- 12. 6
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