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: ____________
1Lily has 3 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
2Each box hides one digit. 5☐ + ☐6 = 77. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
3Each box hides one digit. 1☐ + ☐1 = 25. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
4Two numbers add up to 10. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 3 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 7. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 14. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 5 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 9. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 19. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐5 = 49. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
10Two numbers add up to 27. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐1 = 70. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
12Each box hides one digit. 5☐ + ☐5 = 86. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 9 outfits
- 2. 51
- 3. 14
- 4. 7
- 5. 52
- 6. 11
- 7. 72
- 8. 12
- 9. 34
- 10. 16
- 11. 39
- 12. 51
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