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: ____________
1I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 2 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 4. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
2Each box hides one digit. 1☐ + ☐0 = 32. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
3I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 6 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 10. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
4Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐0 = 46. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
5Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐3 = 64. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
6I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 3 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 3. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
7I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 1 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 11. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 46. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Each box hides one digit. 6☐ + ☐2 = 78. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
10Lily has 2 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Lily make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
11Two numbers add up to 33. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12Each box hides one digit. 6☐ + ☐9 = 92. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 31
- 2. 12
- 3. 82
- 4. 36
- 5. 31
- 6. 30
- 7. 65
- 8. 27
- 9. 66
- 10. 6 outfits
- 11. 19
- 12. 63
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