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: ____________
1Every row, column, and diagonal makes 39. What number goes in the top middle box?
Answer: ______________
2One 🍊 weighs the same as 2 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
3One 🍌 weighs the same as 2 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
4Lily spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $5 on a snack. Now there is $12 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
5One 🍊 weighs the same as 3 🍓. The scale balances. How much does one 🍓 weigh?
Answer: ______________
6Mei spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $4 on a snack. Now there is $3 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
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: ______________
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. 17
- 2. 7
- 3. 5
- 4. 34 dollars
- 5. 5
- 6. 14 dollars
- 7. 8
- 8. 7
- 9. 2
- 10. 15
- 11. 4
- 12. 12
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