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: ____________
1One 🍎 weighs the same as 3 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
2One 🍐 weighs the same as 2 🍌. The scale balances. How much does one 🍌 weigh?
Answer: ______________
3Zoe spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $2 on a snack. Now there is $6 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
4One 🍓 weighs the same as 3 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
54 friends stand in a line for a photo. How many different orders can they stand in?
Answer: ______________ orders
6Every row, column, and diagonal makes 33. What number goes in the bottom middle box?
Answer: ______________
7One 🍐 weighs the same as 3 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍎 weigh?
Answer: ______________
8Theo spent half of the money in a piggy bank on a book, then $2 on a snack. Now there is $12 left. How much was in the piggy bank at first?
Answer: ______________ dollars
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 3 🍊. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
12One 🍊 weighs the same as 3 🍎. The scale balances. How much does one 🍊 weigh?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 8
- 2. 6
- 3. 16 dollars
- 4. 4
- 5. 24 orders
- 6. 15
- 7. 2
- 8. 28 dollars
- 9. 6
- 10. 3
- 11. 7
- 12. 24
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