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 14. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Omar has 2 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Omar make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
3Aiden has 4 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Aiden make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
4Two numbers add up to 13. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5Two numbers add up to 37. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 20. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 16. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8I 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: ______________
9Two numbers add up to 25. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10Two numbers add up to 19. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Two numbers add up to 15. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 5 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 5. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 9
- 2. 6 outfits
- 3. 12 outfits
- 4. 9
- 5. 23
- 6. 13
- 7. 13
- 8. 54
- 9. 13
- 10. 14
- 11. 11
- 12. 50
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