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 4 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 10. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
2Two numbers add up to 20. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
3Two numbers add up to 29. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 3 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 5. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
5Two numbers add up to 44. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 18. The bigger one is 8 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 3. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 13. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Aiden has 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Aiden make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
10Two numbers add up to 19. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Two numbers add up to 39. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12Two numbers add up to 18. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 73
- 2. 14
- 3. 19
- 4. 41
- 5. 25
- 6. 13
- 7. 30
- 8. 11
- 9. 6 outfits
- 10. 13
- 11. 21
- 12. 11
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