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. 6☐ + ☐8 = 86. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
2Each box hides one digit. 5☐ + ☐0 = 78. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
3Jamal has 4 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Jamal make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
4Each box hides one digit. 4☐ + ☐5 = 64. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
5Each box hides one digit. 6☐ + ☐7 = 88. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
6Each box hides one digit. 2☐ + ☐7 = 50. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
7Rosa has 3 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Rosa make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
8I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 2 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 12. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
9I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 2 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 10. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
10Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐2 = 42. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
11I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 4 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 6. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
12I 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: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 68
- 2. 58
- 3. 12 outfits
- 4. 49
- 5. 61
- 6. 23
- 7. 9 outfits
- 8. 75
- 9. 64
- 10. 30
- 11. 51
- 12. 21
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