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 2 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
3Mei spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $1 on a snack. Now there is $4 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
4One 🍎 weighs the same as 2 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
5Every row, column, and diagonal makes 39. What number goes in the top right box?
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 3 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
9Nora spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $7 on a snack. Now there is $11 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
10One 🍌 weighs the same as 2 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
114 friends stand in a line for a photo. How many different orders can they stand in?
Answer: ______________ orders
12One 🍌 weighs the same as 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 4
- 2. 12
- 3. 10 dollars
- 4. 8
- 5. 12
- 6. 12
- 7. 8
- 8. 6
- 9. 36 dollars
- 10. 5
- 11. 24 orders
- 12. 10
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