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: ______________
23 friends stand in a line for a photo. How many different orders can they stand in?
Answer: ______________ orders
3One 🍓 weighs the same as 3 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
4Ana spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $9 on a snack. Now there is $5 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
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 2 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
8Every row, column, and diagonal makes 36. What number goes in the bottom left box?
Answer: ______________
9One 🍎 weighs the same as 2 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
10Priya spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $4 on a snack. Now there is $6 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
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. 9
- 2. 6 orders
- 3. 6
- 4. 28 dollars
- 5. 4
- 6. 3
- 7. 12
- 8. 11
- 9. 12
- 10. 20 dollars
- 11. 4
- 12. 4
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