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 41. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Mei has 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Mei make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
3Ben has 4 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Ben make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
4Two numbers add up to 25. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5Two numbers add up to 25. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 20. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 20. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 22. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Two numbers add up to 10. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10Two numbers add up to 17. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Two numbers add up to 45. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12Two numbers add up to 37. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 22
- 2. 4 outfits
- 3. 8 outfits
- 4. 16
- 5. 13
- 6. 15
- 7. 13
- 8. 13
- 9. 7
- 10. 12
- 11. 27
- 12. 20
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