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: ____________
1Ben has 2 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Ben make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
2Two numbers add up to 41. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
3Priya has 3 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Priya make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
4I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 7 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 11. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
5Two numbers add up to 13. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
6I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 2 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 10. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 43. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 17. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Two numbers add up to 28. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10Nora has 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Nora make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
11Two numbers add up to 12. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12Two numbers add up to 25. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 6 outfits
- 2. 23
- 3. 9 outfits
- 4. 92
- 5. 10
- 6. 64
- 7. 25
- 8. 11
- 9. 16
- 10. 4 outfits
- 11. 9
- 12. 17
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