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Math and Logic Puzzles

Welcome to the Math Challenge #11. In this challenge, we will have fun working on math puzzles. Some puzzles
require you to do math operations as well as exercise your reasoning skills. You may have to look for pattern, work
backward, or use your logical reasoning to solve the problems. Enjoy!

Kinder & First Grade: solve at least 2 problems.

Second & Third Grade: solve at least 6 problems.
Fourth Grade and above: solve at least 11 problems.
Answer
1. Three childen won lots of ballons at the fair. Lilian won 4 red balloons and 3
yellow balloons. Maria won 2 purple ballons and she got 1 more yellow balloon
than Lilian did. Sherry won 2 green balloons and she got 1 more red balloon than Red: ________
Lilian did. How many balloons of each color did they win? Yellow: _________
Hint: Draw it out.
Green: __________
Purple: _________

2. Six children suit up for a basketball game. They each have a shirt with a different
number. Use the clues below to find which shirt belongs to each child.
Marty: ________
Norton: ________
Ananya: ________
• Marty’s shirt has an even number.
• Norton’s shirt number is greater than any other number. Jessica: ________
• Ananya’s shirt number is the least of all.
Luke: ________
• Jessica’s shirt number has a 3 in the tens place.
• Luke’s shirt number is 10 more than Christian’s shirt number. Christian: ________
Marty Norton Ananya Jessica Luke Christian

3. Rita, Glenda, Rasika and Bella each have a different colored bike. The bikes are
red, blue, green and black. No one has a bike in a color that begins with the first Rita’s bike: _______
letter of her name. Bella's bike is not red. Rita's is not blue. What color is each
person’s bike? You may use the table below to organize your thoughts. Glenda’s bike:
_______
Rita Glenda Rasika Bella
Red Rasika’s bike: _______
Blue
Green Bella’s bike: _______
Black

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4. The object of the puzzle below is to figure out what would be the top number in
the pyramid. Each pair of blocks adds up to the block directly above them.

12 6
9 1

5. Use your addition and subtraction skills It All Adds Up!

to complete this puzzle. Find the 2 12
missing numbers such that every 2 12 8 9 8 31
column, row, and diagonal add up to
the given numbers. 8 9 8 31 4 3 17

6 8 9 29
4 3 17

6 8 9 29 23 25 18 23 27

23 25 18 23 27

6. There are four dog owners: Liza, Timothy, Giselle and Mark. Each of them owns
a dog. Use the following clues to match the dog owners to the dogs.
These are the following dogs: Dusti the Dalmatian, Bugle the Beagle, Benji the
Bulldog, and Louie the Labrador. DOG OWNER
Louie the
Labrador
Bugle the
Beagle
Benji the
Bulldog
• The dog belonging to Timothy is not a beagle or a bulldog.
Dusti the
• Dusti’s owner is female, and she enjoys taking Dusti on woodland walks.
Dalmatian
• Louie loves going to the seaside with his owner who likes to swim.
• Liza does not like taking her dog into the woods.
• The bulldog, who is rather lazy, is not owned by Mark.
You may use the table below to organize your thoughts.

Liza Timothy Giselle Mark

Louie the Labrador
Bugle the Beagle
Benji the Bulldog
Dusti the Dalmatian

7. Some pages are missing from an open book. On the left page, you can see page
52, and on the right page you can see page number 61. How many double-sided
pages are missing?

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8. Sofia, Corrie, Thomas, Addison and Natalie all chose a different number from
the following list. Number Name
52 29 36 75 24 47
52
Use the clues below to find which number each of them chose, and which
number was not chosen at all? 29
• Addison’s number was even and it was not the smallest number.
36
• Corrie or Natalie did not choose the smallest number.
• Thomas chose a number that was larger than the average. 75
• Corrie’s number was odd, but it was not prime.
24
• Natalie’s number is a multiple of 13.
• Sofia chose a number that was divisible by both 4 and 6. 47

9. For school fundraising, Catalina, George, Lily, Meghan and Winston made 87
muffins altogether. George made 16 muffins and he put nuts in ¼ of them.
Catalina made 1 less muffin than George and she put nuts on one third of them.
Lily and Meghan each made 3 more muffins than Catalina made. Lily put nuts in
1/3 of her muffins while Meghan put nuts in ½ of her muffins. Winston put nuts
in ¼ of his muffins. How many muffins in all had nuts?

10. The students at the Bake Sale are selling cupcakes. They offer chocolate For coconut cupcakes:
cupcakes, strawberry cupcakes, and coconut cupcakes. Henry counted the
_________
coconut cupcakes and found that there were 6 short of 5 dozen. The students
had 30 more strawberry cupcakes than coconut cupcakes and a dozen fewer For strawberry cupcakes:
chocolate cupcakes than strawberry cupcakes. When packed in boxes holding 6
_________
items per box, how many boxes of each item did they have?
For chocolate cupcakes:
_________

11. Avaneesh’s mother is five times as old as Avaneesh is now. However, five years
ago, she was nine times as old as Avaneesh five years ago. Find both their ages
now.

12. Felicity, Ben, Sierra and Raina all had their birthdays this month. They were
turning 6, 9, 11 and 12 years old. They received the following presents: a guitar, Person Age Present
a bike, an aquarium, and a smartphone. Use the following clues to find out Felicity
which present each person got and how old they are.
• The bike was given to the 11-year-old. Ben
• Raina, who is the second oldest, did not get a guitar. Sierra
• The youngest person loves fish and got the aquarium.
• The youngest person is not Sierra. Raina
• The smartphone was given to the oldest person, who is not Felicity.
• Sierra is not the oldest girl.

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13. On each Friday last January, the temperature was a record low temperature
for the date. Date Temperature
• On Friday, January 31, the temperature was 5°C, which was 7
degrees higher than the temperature on the Friday before. January 3
• On January 10, it was 2 degrees lower than the temperature on January 10
January 17.
• On the first Friday of the month, the temperature was 3 degrees January 17
lower than that on January 24. January 24
• The temperature on the Friday in the middle of the month was 6 January 31
degrees higher than on Jan. 3.
Find the temperature reading for each Friday of the month?

14. Four families traveled from different places to vacation together at a lake.
• The Kilstrom family drove 210 miles. Family Gallons
• The Wang family drove 50 miles less than the Kilstroms drove.
• The Ramsey family drove 100 miles more than the Wangs drove. Sarwono
• The Sarwono family drove 110 miles more than the Wangs drove.
Ramsey
Below is information on the gas mileage for each family’s car.
Kilstrom
Wang

The Sarwonos’ The Ramseys’ The Kilstroms’ The Wangs’

car gets 30 car gets 24 car gets 20 car gets 15
miles per miles per miles per miles per
gallon (mpg) gallon (mpg) gallon (mpg) gallon (mpg)

How many gallons of gas did each family use to get to the lake? Round your
answers to the nearest tenth.

15. Six students attached their art projects on the display board like shown
below. Top row:

Match the art project with the name of _______ _______ ______
the student following the clues.
• Mehak’s project is above Iris’s. Lower row:
• Carla’s project is between Ben’s and Iris’s.
• Ben’s project is on the left side of the display board _______ _______ ______
• Aanya’s project is closer to Mehak’s than Sid’s is.

16. Find a solution. Different letters represent different digits. A digit is 0,

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Hint: S = 4, A = 7 CATS: ________
HATE: ________
DOGS: ________

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