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. 5☐ + ☐1 = 78. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
2Each box hides one digit. 6☐ + ☐3 = 97. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
3Each box hides one digit. 4☐ + ☐8 = 68. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
4Each box hides one digit. 6☐ + ☐5 = 87. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
5Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐8 = 74. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
6Each box hides one digit. 2☐ + ☐6 = 45. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 12. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Each box hides one digit. 5☐ + ☐8 = 91. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
9Each box hides one digit. 4☐ + ☐0 = 76. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
10Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐7 = 62. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
11Each box hides one digit. 2☐ + ☐8 = 49. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
12Each box hides one digit. 5☐ + ☐7 = 95. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 57
- 2. 64
- 3. 40
- 4. 62
- 5. 36
- 6. 29
- 7. 9
- 8. 53
- 9. 46
- 10. 35
- 11. 21
- 12. 58
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