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 41. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 1 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 3. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
3Two numbers add up to 21. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Rosa has 4 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Rosa make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
5I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 4 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 6. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 35. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 2 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 12. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 46. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Lily has 3 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
10Two numbers add up to 10. The bigger one is 2 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Rosa has 2 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
12Two numbers add up to 10. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 22
- 2. 21
- 3. 14
- 4. 12 outfits
- 5. 51
- 6. 19
- 7. 75
- 8. 27
- 9. 9 outfits
- 10. 6
- 11. 4 outfits
- 12. 7
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