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: ______________
3One 🍎 weighs the same as 3 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
4One 🍎 weighs the same as 2 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
5One 🍎 weighs the same as 2 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
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: ______________
8Every row, column, and diagonal makes 24. What number goes in the middle right box?
Answer: ______________
9In a magic square, every row, column, and diagonal makes the same total. What total does each line make?
Answer: ______________
10Every row, column, and diagonal makes 42. What number goes in the top left box?
Answer: ______________
11Maya spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $4 on a snack. Now there is $8 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
12One 🍎 weighs the same as 3 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 6 orders
- 2. 8
- 3. 9
- 4. 8
- 5. 5
- 6. 6
- 7. 8
- 8. 10
- 9. 18
- 10. 17
- 11. 24 dollars
- 12. 6
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