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: ____________
1I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 3 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 15. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
2Leo has 3 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Leo make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
3Two numbers add up to 29. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Two numbers add up to 46. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5Two numbers add up to 11. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 24. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 3 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 7. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 18. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Two numbers add up to 31. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10Two numbers add up to 43. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Two numbers add up to 28. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12Two numbers add up to 13. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 96
- 2. 9 outfits
- 3. 17
- 4. 26
- 5. 6
- 6. 17
- 7. 52
- 8. 14
- 9. 20
- 10. 24
- 11. 19
- 12. 11
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