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: ______________
4One 🍊 weighs the same as 3 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
5One 🍌 weighs the same as 3 🍓. 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 3 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
8In a magic square, every row, column, and diagonal makes the same total. What total does each line make?
Answer: ______________
9Ben spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $7 on a snack. Now there is $12 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
10In a magic square, every row, column, and diagonal makes the same total. What total does each line make?
Answer: ______________
11One 🍊 weighs the same as 2 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
12One 🍓 weighs the same as 2 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 2
- 2. 6 orders
- 3. 24
- 4. 15
- 5. 4
- 6. 24
- 7. 5
- 8. 39
- 9. 38 dollars
- 10. 21
- 11. 8
- 12. 14
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