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 20. The bigger one is 2 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 3 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 13. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
3Two numbers add up to 37. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Two numbers add up to 28. The bigger one is 2 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 4 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 4. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 43. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 15. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 30. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Mei has 2 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Mei make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
10Two numbers add up to 26. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Two numbers add up to 45. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 1 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 13. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 11
- 2. 85
- 3. 22
- 4. 15
- 5. 40
- 6. 25
- 7. 10
- 8. 20
- 9. 6 outfits
- 10. 18
- 11. 26
- 12. 76
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