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: ____________
1I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 4 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 6. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
2Two numbers add up to 38. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
3Two numbers add up to 24. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Two numbers add up to 11. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5Two numbers add up to 27. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 32. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 6. The bigger one is 2 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 9. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Two numbers add up to 19. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10Two numbers add up to 34. The bigger one is 2 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Two numbers add up to 40. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12Two numbers add up to 39. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 51
- 2. 23
- 3. 17
- 4. 7
- 5. 14
- 6. 20
- 7. 4
- 8. 5
- 9. 10
- 10. 18
- 11. 23
- 12. 23
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