Name
Date
Number Games and Crayon Puzzles
Challenging Crayon Puzzles
(page 1 of 6)
Solve the problems. Show your work.
1. I have 12 crayons.
3 crayons are blue.
The rest are red.
How many crayons are red?
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2. I have 10 crayons.
Some are blue and some are red.
I have the same number of each color.
How many crayons of each do I have?
Sessions 2.4, 2.5
Unit 6
M31
Name
Date
Number Games and Crayon Puzzles
Challenging Crayon Puzzles
(page 2 of 6)
Solve the problems. Show your work.
3. I have 9 crayons.
Some are blue and some are red.
I have fewer blue crayons.
How many of each could I have?
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4. I have 10 crayons.
2 crayons are blue.
The rest are red.
How many crayons are red?
M32
Unit 6
Sessions 2.4, 2.5
Name
Date
Number Games and Crayon Puzzles
Challenging Crayon Puzzles
(page 3 of 6)
Solve the problems. Show your work.
5. I have 8 crayons.
Some are blue, some are red,
and some are green.
Most of the crayons are blue.
How many of each color crayon could I have?
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6. I have 10 crayons.
Some are blue, some are red,
and some are green.
Fewest of the crayons are red.
How many of each color crayon could I have?
Sessions 2.4, 2.5
Unit 6
M33
Name
Date
Number Games and Crayon Puzzles
Challenging Crayon Puzzles
(page 4 of 6)
Solve the problems. Show your work.
7. I have 14 crayons.
Some are red and some are blue.
I have the same number of each color crayon.
How many of each color crayon could I have?
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8. I have 9 crayons.
Some are blue, some are red,
and some are green.
Most of the crayons are green.
How many of each color crayon could I have?
M34
Unit 6
Sessions 2.4, 2.5
Name
Date
Number Games and Crayon Puzzles
Challenging Crayon Puzzles
(page 5 of 6)
Solve the problems. Show your work.
9. I have 9 crayons.
Some are red, some are blue,
and some are green.
I have the same number of each color crayon.
How many of each color crayon do I have?
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10. I have 11 crayons.
Some are blue, some are red,
and some are green.
Most of the crayons are blue.
How many of each color crayon could I have?
Sessions 2.4, 2.5
Unit 6
M35
Name
Date
Number Games and Crayon Puzzles
Challenging Crayon Puzzles
(page 6 of 6)
Solve the problems. Show your work.
12. I have 15 crayons.
Some are blue, some are red,
and some are green.
I have the same number of each color crayon.
How many of each color crayon do I have?
M36
Unit 6
Sessions 2.4, 2.5
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11. I have 12 crayons.
6 crayons are red.
The rest are blue and green.
I have the same number of blue and green crayons.
How many crayons are blue and how many
crayons are green?