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 7. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
2Two numbers add up to 16. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
3Two numbers add up to 27. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Two numbers add up to 32. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 5 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 7. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 11. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 19. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 42. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Maya has 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Maya make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
10Sam has 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Sam make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
11Two numbers add up to 24. The bigger one is 2 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12Two numbers add up to 48. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 52
- 2. 10
- 3. 18
- 4. 18
- 5. 61
- 6. 6
- 7. 11
- 8. 25
- 9. 4 outfits
- 10. 4 outfits
- 11. 13
- 12. 29
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