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 34. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Two numbers add up to 18. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
3Two numbers add up to 5. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Two numbers add up to 28. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5Ben has 4 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Ben make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
6Two numbers add up to 38. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7I 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: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 35. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Two numbers add up to 21. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10Two numbers add up to 46. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Sam has 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Sam make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
12Rosa has 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Rosa make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 21
- 2. 11
- 3. 3
- 4. 17
- 5. 8 outfits
- 6. 24
- 7. 30
- 8. 20
- 9. 12
- 10. 26
- 11. 4 outfits
- 12. 4 outfits
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