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☐ + ☐9 = 68. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
2Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐8 = 49. What is the first 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
4Each box hides one digit. 1☐ + ☐3 = 30. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
5Each box hides one digit. 2☐ + ☐7 = 51. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
6Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐2 = 48. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
7Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐4 = 60. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
8Each box hides one digit. 1☐ + ☐6 = 46. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
9Nora has 3 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Nora make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
10Each box hides one digit. 6☐ + ☐2 = 72. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
11I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 2 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 2. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
12Each box hides one digit. 5☐ + ☐1 = 75. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 29
- 2. 31
- 3. 6 outfits
- 4. 17
- 5. 24
- 6. 36
- 7. 36
- 8. 10
- 9. 9 outfits
- 10. 60
- 11. 20
- 12. 54
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