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 29. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Mei 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
3Two numbers add up to 29. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Two numbers add up to 39. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5Two numbers add up to 17. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
6Theo has 4 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Theo make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
7Two numbers add up to 22. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 44. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 7 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 7. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
10Two numbers add up to 35. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 1 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 9. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
12Two numbers add up to 22. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 15
- 2. 8 outfits
- 3. 19
- 4. 20
- 5. 9
- 6. 8 outfits
- 7. 16
- 8. 26
- 9. 70
- 10. 21
- 11. 54
- 12. 14
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