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 22. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Two numbers add up to 11. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
3Two numbers add up to 21. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Maya 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
5Nora has 3 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Nora make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
6Two numbers add up to 33. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 9. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Kai has 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Kai make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
9Two numbers add up to 32. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10Two numbers add up to 18. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Two numbers add up to 34. The bigger one is 2 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 6 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 10. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 15
- 2. 9
- 3. 14
- 4. 4 outfits
- 5. 9 outfits
- 6. 19
- 7. 7
- 8. 4 outfits
- 9. 20
- 10. 12
- 11. 18
- 12. 82
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