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. 4☐ + ☐0 = 51. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
2I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 9 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 9. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
3Each box hides one digit. 2☐ + ☐4 = 46. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
4Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐8 = 61. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
5Each box hides one digit. 5☐ + ☐9 = 91. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
6Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐9 = 75. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
7I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 8 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 8. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 36. The bigger one is 2 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Each box hides one digit. 5☐ + ☐2 = 67. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
10Two numbers add up to 27. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Rosa has 3 shirts and 3 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Rosa make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
12Each box hides one digit. 4☐ + ☐5 = 62. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 41
- 2. 90
- 3. 22
- 4. 33
- 5. 52
- 6. 36
- 7. 80
- 8. 19
- 9. 55
- 10. 14
- 11. 9 outfits
- 12. 47
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