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 1 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 3. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
2Two numbers add up to 5. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
3Two numbers add up to 45. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Ana has 4 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
5Two numbers add up to 12. The bigger one is 2 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 23. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 31. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 37. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Two numbers add up to 39. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10Kai has 4 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Kai make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
11I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 2 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 8. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
12Leo has 2 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
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 21
- 2. 3
- 3. 25
- 4. 12 outfits
- 5. 7
- 6. 15
- 7. 16
- 8. 23
- 9. 20
- 10. 12 outfits
- 11. 53
- 12. 6 outfits
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