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: ____________
1Nora has 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Nora make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
2Two numbers add up to 14. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
3Two numbers add up to 22. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4Two numbers add up to 7. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5Mei has 4 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Mei make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
6Two numbers add up to 12. The bigger one is 2 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 33. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 1 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 7. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
9Omar has 3 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
10Two numbers add up to 9. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Two numbers add up to 45. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12Two numbers add up to 25. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 4 outfits
- 2. 11
- 3. 14
- 4. 5
- 5. 8 outfits
- 6. 7
- 7. 21
- 8. 43
- 9. 9 outfits
- 10. 6
- 11. 27
- 12. 17
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