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: ____________
13 friends stand in a line for a photo. How many different orders can they stand in?
Answer: ______________ orders
2One 🍓 weighs the same as 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
3Every row, column, and diagonal makes 18. What number goes in the top middle box?
Answer: ______________
4One 🍐 weighs the same as 2 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
5Ana 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
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: ______________
8One 🍓 weighs the same as 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
9Aiden spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $9 on a snack. Now there is $7 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
10Omar 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
11How many different 2-digit numbers can you make with the digits 1, 5, 2, 9, using a digit only once in a number?
Answer: ______________ numbers
12One 🍓 weighs the same as 3 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 6 orders
- 2. 4
- 3. 4
- 4. 16
- 5. 38 dollars
- 6. 6
- 7. 3
- 8. 2
- 9. 32 dollars
- 10. 18 dollars
- 11. 12 numbers
- 12. 24
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