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: ____________
1Maya has 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Maya make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
2Two numbers add up to 34. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
3I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 5 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 7. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
4Kai has 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Kai make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
5Ana has 2 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Ana make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
6I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 1 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 3. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 34. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 21. The bigger one is 3 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 5. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
10Leo has 3 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Leo make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
11Aiden has 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Aiden make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
12Two numbers add up to 6. The bigger one is 2 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 4 outfits
- 2. 20
- 3. 61
- 4. 6 outfits
- 5. 6 outfits
- 6. 21
- 7. 19
- 8. 12
- 9. 41
- 10. 9 outfits
- 11. 6 outfits
- 12. 4
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