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 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
2One 🍌 weighs the same as 3 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
3Omar 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
4Omar spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $6 on a snack. Now there is $2 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: ______________
8One 🍊 weighs the same as 2 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
9One 🍌 weighs the same as 2 🍓. 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: ______________
12Aiden 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
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 2
- 2. 21
- 3. 18 dollars
- 4. 16 dollars
- 5. 14
- 6. 7
- 7. 8
- 8. 12
- 9. 4
- 10. 6
- 11. 8
- 12. 32 dollars
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