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 42. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Ben has 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Ben make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
3Two numbers add up to 18. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Two numbers add up to 25. The bigger one is 9 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 29. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 50. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 2 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 6. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
9Two numbers add up to 13. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10Two numbers add up to 37. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Lily has 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Lily make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
12Two numbers add up to 46. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 23
- 2. 6 outfits
- 3. 14
- 4. 17
- 5. 20
- 6. 17
- 7. 30
- 8. 42
- 9. 7
- 10. 21
- 11. 6 outfits
- 12. 27
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