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 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Ben has 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Ben make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
3Two numbers add up to 25. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Two numbers add up to 27. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5I 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: ______________
6Lily has 4 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Lily make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
7Two numbers add up to 27. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 42. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Omar has 3 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
10Two numbers add up to 22. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Mei has 4 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Mei make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
12Two numbers add up to 42. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 25
- 2. 4 outfits
- 3. 13
- 4. 15
- 5. 20
- 6. 12 outfits
- 7. 18
- 8. 23
- 9. 9 outfits
- 10. 13
- 11. 8 outfits
- 12. 26
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