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 28. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Two numbers add up to 23. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
3Two numbers add up to 12. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Zoe has 4 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Zoe make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
5I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 1 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 11. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 19. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 20. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Jamal has 4 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Jamal make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
9Two numbers add up to 15. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 1 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 9. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
11Two numbers add up to 16. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12Two numbers add up to 29. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 18
- 2. 14
- 3. 8
- 4. 8 outfits
- 5. 65
- 6. 11
- 7. 12
- 8. 8 outfits
- 9. 8
- 10. 54
- 11. 11
- 12. 18
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