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: ______________
3Leo 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
4One 🍎 weighs the same as 3 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
5How many different 2-digit numbers can you make with the digits 4, 5, 9, using a digit only once in a number?
Answer: ______________ numbers
6One 🍌 weighs the same as 3 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
7One 🍎 weighs the same as 3 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
8Maya spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $9 on a snack. Now there is $6 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
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: ______________
12Every row, column, and diagonal makes 30. What number goes in the middle left box?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 3
- 2. 8
- 3. 32 dollars
- 4. 6
- 5. 6 numbers
- 6. 24
- 7. 15
- 8. 30 dollars
- 9. 15
- 10. 6
- 11. 5
- 12. 6
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