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: ____________
1Lily spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $1 on a snack. Now there is $5 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
2Every row, column, and diagonal makes 18. What number goes in the top left box?
Answer: ______________
3One 🍓 weighs the same as 3 🍎. 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: ______________
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: ______________
84 friends stand in a line for a photo. How many different orders can they stand in?
Answer: ______________ orders
9One 🍎 weighs the same as 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
10One 🍎 weighs the same as 2 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
11One 🍓 weighs the same as 3 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
12Jamal spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $5 on a snack. Now there is $6 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 12 dollars
- 2. 9
- 3. 2
- 4. 8
- 5. 4
- 6. 3
- 7. 2
- 8. 24 orders
- 9. 16
- 10. 8
- 11. 12
- 12. 22 dollars
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