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 5. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
2Two numbers add up to 19. 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 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Two numbers add up to 39. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5Two numbers add up to 46. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
6Aiden has 3 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Aiden make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
7Two numbers add up to 31. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 48. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Two numbers add up to 17. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 5 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 9. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
11Two numbers add up to 21. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12Two numbers add up to 39. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 41
- 2. 13
- 3. 12
- 4. 20
- 5. 27
- 6. 9 outfits
- 7. 17
- 8. 28
- 9. 11
- 10. 72
- 11. 14
- 12. 23
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