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 36. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
3Two numbers add up to 13. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Two numbers add up to 19. The bigger one is 1 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: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 35. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 19. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Theo has 2 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Theo make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
9Two numbers add up to 21. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10Two numbers add up to 43. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Ana has 2 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Ana make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
12Sam has 4 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Sam make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 6 outfits
- 2. 21
- 3. 9
- 4. 10
- 5. 20
- 6. 22
- 7. 12
- 8. 6 outfits
- 9. 14
- 10. 26
- 11. 6 outfits
- 12. 8 outfits
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