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: ____________
1Zoe 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
2Lily spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $9 on a snack. Now there is $10 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
3One 🍐 weighs the same as 2 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
4One 🍐 weighs the same as 2 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
5In a magic square, every row, column, and diagonal makes the same total. What total does each line make?
Answer: ______________
6One 🍓 weighs the same as 2 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
7One 🍌 weighs the same as 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
8One 🍐 weighs the same as 3 🍊. 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 3 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
11One 🍌 weighs the same as 3 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
124 friends stand in a line for a photo. How many different orders can they stand in?
Answer: ______________ orders
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 26 dollars
- 2. 38 dollars
- 3. 8
- 4. 14
- 5. 36
- 6. 12
- 7. 6
- 8. 8
- 9. 18
- 10. 12
- 11. 7
- 12. 24 orders
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