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 49. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Two numbers add up to 45. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
3I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 8 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 8. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
4Two numbers add up to 16. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5Two numbers add up to 35. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 39. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Zoe has 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Zoe make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
8I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 1 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 7. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
9Two numbers add up to 34. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10Omar has 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Omar make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
11Kai has 3 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Kai make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
12Two numbers add up to 32. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 29
- 2. 26
- 3. 80
- 4. 11
- 5. 21
- 6. 21
- 7. 6 outfits
- 8. 43
- 9. 21
- 10. 4 outfits
- 11. 9 outfits
- 12. 20
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