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. 5☐ + ☐8 = 85. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
2Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐7 = 58. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
3Two numbers add up to 17. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
4I 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: ______________
5Each box hides one digit. 6☐ + ☐1 = 80. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
6Aiden has 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Aiden make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
7I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 6 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 8. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
8I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 2 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 2. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
9Each box hides one digit. 6☐ + ☐0 = 91. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
10Each box hides one digit. 1☐ + ☐2 = 33. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
11Each box hides one digit. 1☐ + ☐2 = 28. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
12Each box hides one digit. 1☐ + ☐8 = 30. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 57
- 2. 31
- 3. 10
- 4. 30
- 5. 69
- 6. 6 outfits
- 7. 71
- 8. 20
- 9. 61
- 10. 11
- 11. 16
- 12. 12
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