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 12. The bigger one is 4 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 38. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Two numbers add up to 43. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5Two numbers add up to 33. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 12. The bigger one is 2 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 11. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 21. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Zoe has 4 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Zoe make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
10I 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: ______________
11Rosa has 2 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
12Zoe has 3 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Zoe make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 8
- 2. 21
- 3. 21
- 4. 24
- 5. 18
- 6. 7
- 7. 6
- 8. 14
- 9. 12 outfits
- 10. 75
- 11. 6 outfits
- 12. 9 outfits
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