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 5. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 2 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 2. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
3Two numbers add up to 33. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Omar 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
5Two numbers add up to 22. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
6Maya has 4 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Maya make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
7Ben has 3 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 10. The bigger one is 2 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Two numbers add up to 17. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10Two numbers add up to 28. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Two numbers add up to 21. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12Two numbers add up to 28. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 3
- 2. 20
- 3. 18
- 4. 12 outfits
- 5. 14
- 6. 8 outfits
- 7. 9 outfits
- 8. 6
- 9. 11
- 10. 16
- 11. 12
- 12. 17
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