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 bottom left 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: ______________
4One 🍌 weighs the same as 3 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
5Sam spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $4 on a snack. Now there is $4 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 3 🍓. 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 2 🍓. 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
12One 🍐 weighs the same as 3 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 14
- 2. 8
- 3. 6
- 4. 7
- 5. 16 dollars
- 6. 8
- 7. 21
- 8. 8
- 9. 6
- 10. 6
- 11. 6 orders
- 12. 2
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