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 42. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Each box hides one digit. 1☐ + ☐7 = 50. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
3Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐0 = 40. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
4Each box hides one digit. 1☐ + ☐9 = 40. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
5Each box hides one digit. 6☐ + ☐5 = 96. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
6Each box hides one digit. 2☐ + ☐5 = 60. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
7Each box hides one digit. 6☐ + ☐3 = 94. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
8Each box hides one digit. 2☐ + ☐4 = 54. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
9Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐4 = 46. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
10Each box hides one digit. 4☐ + ☐6 = 58. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
11Each box hides one digit. 4☐ + ☐8 = 77. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
12Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐1 = 57. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 25
- 2. 13
- 3. 30
- 4. 11
- 5. 61
- 6. 25
- 7. 61
- 8. 20
- 9. 32
- 10. 42
- 11. 49
- 12. 36
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