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: ____________
1How many different 2-digit numbers can you make with the digits 2, 8, 1, using a digit only once in a number?
Answer: ______________ numbers
2One 🍓 weighs the same as 3 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
3One 🍊 weighs the same as 3 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
4Zoe spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $3 on a snack. Now there is $7 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
5Lily spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $3 on a snack. Now there is $2 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
63 friends stand in a line for a photo. How many different orders can they stand in?
Answer: ______________ orders
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: ______________
11How many different 2-digit numbers can you make with the digits 9, 2, 7, 1, using a digit only once in a number?
Answer: ______________ numbers
12One 🍎 weighs the same as 2 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 6 numbers
- 2. 7
- 3. 15
- 4. 20 dollars
- 5. 10 dollars
- 6. 6 orders
- 7. 8
- 8. 10
- 9. 5
- 10. 5
- 11. 12 numbers
- 12. 8
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