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: ______________
2How many different 2-digit numbers can you make with the digits 5, 2, 4, using a digit only once in a number?
Answer: ______________ numbers
3Every row, column, and diagonal makes 33. What number goes in the bottom right box?
Answer: ______________
4How many different 2-digit numbers can you make with the digits 8, 1, 2, 3, using a digit only once in a number?
Answer: ______________ numbers
5Maya spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $5 on a snack. Now there is $5 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: ______________
9Every row, column, and diagonal makes 33. What number goes in the top middle box?
Answer: ______________
10One 🍓 weighs the same as 3 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
113 friends stand in a line for a photo. How many different orders can they stand in?
Answer: ______________ orders
12How many different 2-digit numbers can you make with the digits 1, 7, 2, 5, using a digit only once in a number?
Answer: ______________ numbers
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 12
- 2. 6 numbers
- 3. 8
- 4. 12 numbers
- 5. 20 dollars
- 6. 2
- 7. 6
- 8. 4
- 9. 9
- 10. 2
- 11. 6 orders
- 12. 12 numbers
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