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 44. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Two numbers add up to 21. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
3Two numbers add up to 41. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4I 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: ______________
5Two numbers add up to 27. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 24. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 40. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 15. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Two numbers add up to 36. The bigger one is 2 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10Rosa has 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Rosa make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
11Two numbers add up to 9. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12Mei 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
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 26
- 2. 12
- 3. 25
- 4. 20
- 5. 18
- 6. 15
- 7. 24
- 8. 8
- 9. 19
- 10. 6 outfits
- 11. 5
- 12. 6 outfits
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