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 $5 on a snack. Now there is $6 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
2Sam spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $5 on a snack. Now there is $6 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: ______________
5One 🍌 weighs the same as 3 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
6How many different 2-digit numbers can you make with the digits 5, 8, 1, using a digit only once in a number?
Answer: ______________ numbers
7Every row, column, and diagonal makes 21. What number goes in the bottom left box?
Answer: ______________
84 friends stand in a line for a photo. How many different orders can they stand in?
Answer: ______________ orders
9One 🍌 weighs the same as 3 🍐. The scale balances. How much does one 🍐 weigh?
Answer: ______________
10How many different 2-digit numbers can you make with the digits 5, 7, 9, 3, using a digit only once in a number?
Answer: ______________ numbers
11One 🍊 weighs the same as 3 🍐. 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. 22 dollars
- 2. 22 dollars
- 3. 8
- 4. 2
- 5. 18
- 6. 6 numbers
- 7. 10
- 8. 24 orders
- 9. 6
- 10. 12 numbers
- 11. 9
- 12. 2
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