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 35. The bigger one is 9 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Ben has 2 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Ben make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
3Each box hides one digit. 1☐ + ☐6 = 44. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
4Each box hides one digit. 5☐ + ☐7 = 67. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
5I 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: ______________
6Aiden has 4 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Aiden make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
7Each box hides one digit. 5☐ + ☐9 = 72. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
8Each box hides one digit. 5☐ + ☐2 = 88. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
9Each box hides one digit. 4☐ + ☐4 = 74. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
10Two numbers add up to 18. The bigger one is 10 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 7 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 9. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
12Zoe has 4 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Zoe make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 22
- 2. 6 outfits
- 3. 18
- 4. 50
- 5. 51
- 6. 12 outfits
- 7. 53
- 8. 56
- 9. 40
- 10. 14
- 11. 81
- 12. 12 outfits
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