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 5 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 7. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
2Each box hides one digit. 6☐ + ☐3 = 73. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
3Each box hides one digit. 5☐ + ☐8 = 86. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
4Each box hides one digit. 2☐ + ☐8 = 54. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
5Each box hides one digit. 6☐ + ☐0 = 80. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
6Two numbers add up to 15. The bigger one is 5 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
7Each box hides one digit. 1☐ + ☐3 = 34. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
8Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐8 = 72. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
9Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐1 = 70. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
10Kai has 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Kai make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
11Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐7 = 64. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
12I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 4 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 8. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 61
- 2. 60
- 3. 58
- 4. 26
- 5. 60
- 6. 10
- 7. 11
- 8. 34
- 9. 39
- 10. 6 outfits
- 11. 37
- 12. 62
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