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 28. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Two numbers add up to 39. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
3Lily has 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Lily make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
4Two numbers add up to 11. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5Lily has 4 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Lily make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
6I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 2 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 2. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 18. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 45. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Two numbers add up to 43. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10Two numbers add up to 40. The bigger one is 2 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Two numbers add up to 24. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 1 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 11. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 18
- 2. 23
- 3. 4 outfits
- 4. 8
- 5. 8 outfits
- 6. 20
- 7. 11
- 8. 25
- 9. 26
- 10. 21
- 11. 17
- 12. 65
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