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☐ + ☐7 = 39. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
2Two numbers add up to 40. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
3Ben has 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Ben make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
4Two numbers add up to 48. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5Mei has 4 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Mei make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
6Each box hides one digit. 4☐ + ☐2 = 63. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
7Omar has 4 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Omar make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
8Each box hides one digit. 1☐ + ☐3 = 43. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
9Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐9 = 61. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
10I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 4 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 8. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
11Each box hides one digit. 5☐ + ☐7 = 75. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
12Each box hides one digit. 6☐ + ☐5 = 92. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 22
- 2. 22
- 3. 6 outfits
- 4. 29
- 5. 12 outfits
- 6. 41
- 7. 8 outfits
- 8. 10
- 9. 32
- 10. 62
- 11. 58
- 12. 67
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