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 12. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Each box hides one digit. 4☐ + ☐2 = 74. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
3Each box hides one digit. 5☐ + ☐5 = 85. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
4Each box hides one digit. 2☐ + ☐9 = 43. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
5Each box hides one digit. 4☐ + ☐8 = 62. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
6Each box hides one digit. 2☐ + ☐1 = 48. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 29. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐5 = 69. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
9Each box hides one digit. 1☐ + ☐1 = 47. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
10Two numbers add up to 18. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Each box hides one digit. 4☐ + ☐8 = 79. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
12I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 3 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 9. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 10
- 2. 42
- 3. 50
- 4. 24
- 5. 44
- 6. 27
- 7. 18
- 8. 34
- 9. 16
- 10. 11
- 11. 41
- 12. 63
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