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 25. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Jamal 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
3Priya has 3 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Priya make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
4Two numbers add up to 16. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5Two numbers add up to 20. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
6I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 3 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 11. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
7I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 7 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 7. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 30. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 3 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 3. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
10Kai has 2 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Kai make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
11Two numbers add up to 32. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12Two numbers add up to 23. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 16
- 2. 8 outfits
- 3. 9 outfits
- 4. 11
- 5. 15
- 6. 74
- 7. 70
- 8. 18
- 9. 30
- 10. 6 outfits
- 11. 20
- 12. 14
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