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: ____________
1Two numbers add up to 32. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 7 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 11. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
3Each box hides one digit. 4☐ + ☐2 = 65. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
4Each box hides one digit. 4☐ + ☐3 = 71. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
5Each box hides one digit. 6☐ + ☐9 = 94. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
6Each box hides one digit. 2☐ + ☐3 = 42. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
7Each box hides one digit. 5☐ + ☐6 = 69. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
8Each box hides one digit. 1☐ + ☐3 = 31. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
9Each box hides one digit. 1☐ + ☐5 = 54. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
10Each box hides one digit. 2☐ + ☐5 = 42. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
11Each box hides one digit. 4☐ + ☐6 = 78. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
12I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 2 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 6. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 20
- 2. 92
- 3. 43
- 4. 48
- 5. 65
- 6. 29
- 7. 53
- 8. 18
- 9. 19
- 10. 27
- 11. 42
- 12. 42
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