πagarwalmath · 2nd 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: ____________
1Two numbers add up to 43. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Two numbers add up to 18. The bigger one is 2 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
3I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 2 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 2. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
4Two numbers add up to 25. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5Two numbers add up to 34. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 20. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 3 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 3. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 22. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Two numbers add up to 11. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10Two numbers add up to 35. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Two numbers add up to 46. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12Two numbers add up to 36. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 25
- 2. 10
- 3. 20
- 4. 13
- 5. 20
- 6. 14
- 7. 30
- 8. 16
- 9. 6
- 10. 21
- 11. 26
- 12. 21
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