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: ____________
1Each box hides one digit. 2☐ + ☐9 = 55. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
2Each box hides one digit. 1☐ + ☐1 = 41. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
3I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 1 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 5. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
4Each box hides one digit. 6☐ + ☐8 = 80. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
5Each box hides one digit. 1☐ + ☐5 = 37. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 9. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Each box hides one digit. 5☐ + ☐2 = 69. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
8Each box hides one digit. 2☐ + ☐7 = 46. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
9Two numbers add up to 24. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 6 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 12. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
11Each box hides one digit. 2☐ + ☐1 = 52. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
12Two numbers add up to 45. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 26
- 2. 10
- 3. 32
- 4. 62
- 5. 12
- 6. 6
- 7. 57
- 8. 29
- 9. 14
- 10. 93
- 11. 21
- 12. 27
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