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 40. The bigger one is 2 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Two numbers add up to 44. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
3Two numbers add up to 16. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Two numbers add up to 29. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5Two numbers add up to 33. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 43. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 23. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Aiden has 3 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
9Mei has 2 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Mei make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
10Two numbers add up to 18. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Two numbers add up to 27. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12Two numbers add up to 21. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 21
- 2. 27
- 3. 12
- 4. 15
- 5. 21
- 6. 24
- 7. 15
- 8. 9 outfits
- 9. 6 outfits
- 10. 13
- 11. 14
- 12. 12
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