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 32. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Ana 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
3Ben has 2 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Ben make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
4Two numbers add up to 35. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5Sam has 3 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Sam make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
6Two numbers add up to 31. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Ben has 4 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Ben make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
8Two numbers add up to 25. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Two numbers add up to 39. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 1 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 11. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
11Omar has 4 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Omar make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
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. 21
- 2. 6 outfits
- 3. 6 outfits
- 4. 20
- 5. 9 outfits
- 6. 16
- 7. 12 outfits
- 8. 13
- 9. 24
- 10. 65
- 11. 12 outfits
- 12. 14
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