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 39. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Two numbers add up to 33. 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 1 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 11. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
4I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 3 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 13. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
5Two numbers add up to 45. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 11. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 29. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 30. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Two numbers add up to 15. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10Two numbers add up to 44. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Two numbers add up to 8. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12Two numbers add up to 41. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 23
- 2. 20
- 3. 65
- 4. 85
- 5. 27
- 6. 7
- 7. 19
- 8. 17
- 9. 11
- 10. 25
- 11. 6
- 12. 21
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