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 36. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Two numbers add up to 17. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
3Two numbers add up to 35. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Two numbers add up to 42. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5Zoe has 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Zoe make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
6Two numbers add up to 22. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 25. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 2 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 6. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
9I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 3 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 13. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
10Two numbers add up to 21. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Two numbers add up to 43. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12Two numbers add up to 25. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 23
- 2. 11
- 3. 20
- 4. 25
- 5. 4 outfits
- 6. 13
- 7. 15
- 8. 42
- 9. 85
- 10. 12
- 11. 26
- 12. 16
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