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 32. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Two numbers add up to 40. The bigger one is 2 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
3Two numbers add up to 35. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Two numbers add up to 34. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5Two numbers add up to 9. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 20. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Leo 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
8Two numbers add up to 30. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Aiden has 4 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
10Leo has 4 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
11Theo has 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Theo make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
12Two numbers add up to 18. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 19
- 2. 21
- 3. 21
- 4. 20
- 5. 6
- 6. 14
- 7. 9 outfits
- 8. 18
- 9. 8 outfits
- 10. 12 outfits
- 11. 4 outfits
- 12. 12
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