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: ______________
2Zoe spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $7 on a snack. Now there is $6 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
3Every row, column, and diagonal makes 36. What number goes in the bottom left box?
Answer: ______________
44 friends stand in a line for a photo. How many different orders can they stand in?
Answer: ______________ orders
5One 🍎 weighs the same as 2 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
6Every row, column, and diagonal makes 42. What number goes in the top right box?
Answer: ______________
7In a magic square, every row, column, and diagonal makes the same total. What total does each line make?
Answer: ______________
8One 🍊 weighs the same as 2 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
9One 🍐 weighs the same as 3 🍎. 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: ______________
12One 🍓 weighs the same as 3 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 15
- 2. 26 dollars
- 3. 9
- 4. 24 orders
- 5. 6
- 6. 11
- 7. 39
- 8. 12
- 9. 6
- 10. 6
- 11. 9
- 12. 8
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