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 4 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 8. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
2Two numbers add up to 7. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
3Two numbers add up to 35. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 6 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 8. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
5Two numbers add up to 29. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 5. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 1 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 9. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 40. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Jamal has 3 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Jamal make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
10I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 5 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 13. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
11Leo has 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Leo make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
12Two numbers add up to 45. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 62
- 2. 4
- 3. 20
- 4. 71
- 5. 19
- 6. 3
- 7. 54
- 8. 22
- 9. 9 outfits
- 10. 94
- 11. 4 outfits
- 12. 25
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