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 5 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 9. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
2I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 1 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 15. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
3Two numbers add up to 22. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Aiden has 2 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
5I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 2 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 8. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 33. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 19. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Omar has 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Omar make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
9Two numbers add up to 18. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10Zoe has 3 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
11Two numbers add up to 41. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12Two numbers add up to 45. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 72
- 2. 87
- 3. 16
- 4. 6 outfits
- 5. 53
- 6. 20
- 7. 12
- 8. 6 outfits
- 9. 11
- 10. 6 outfits
- 11. 23
- 12. 27
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