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 21. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Mei has 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Mei make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
3Two numbers add up to 35. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Kai has 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Kai make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
5Two numbers add up to 7. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
6Lily has 2 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Lily make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
7Omar has 4 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Omar make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
8Two numbers add up to 30. The bigger one is 2 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Two numbers add up to 41. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10Two numbers add up to 29. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 7 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 9. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
12I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 3 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 7. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 11
- 2. 4 outfits
- 3. 21
- 4. 4 outfits
- 5. 4
- 6. 6 outfits
- 7. 8 outfits
- 8. 16
- 9. 23
- 10. 18
- 11. 81
- 12. 52
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