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: ____________
1Ana has 4 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Ana make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
2Two numbers add up to 26. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
3Ana has 3 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Ana make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
4Nora has 4 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Nora make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
5Two numbers add up to 24. The bigger one is 2 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
6I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 2 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 4. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 16. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 35. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Two numbers add up to 30. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10Two numbers add up to 21. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Two numbers add up to 23. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12Two numbers add up to 33. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 12 outfits
- 2. 17
- 3. 9 outfits
- 4. 12 outfits
- 5. 13
- 6. 31
- 7. 12
- 8. 22
- 9. 18
- 10. 11
- 11. 13
- 12. 19
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