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 8. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 1 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 9. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
3Two numbers add up to 17. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Theo has 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Theo make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
5Two numbers add up to 43. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 33. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 19. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 6 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 12. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
9Two numbers add up to 28. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10Sam has 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Sam make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
11Two numbers add up to 31. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12Two numbers add up to 27. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 6
- 2. 54
- 3. 11
- 4. 4 outfits
- 5. 23
- 6. 21
- 7. 10
- 8. 93
- 9. 19
- 10. 4 outfits
- 11. 19
- 12. 18
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