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. 3☐ + ☐4 = 71. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
2Omar has 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Omar make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
3I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 5 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 5. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
4I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 3 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 15. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
5Each box hides one digit. 4☐ + ☐7 = 64. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
6Each box hides one digit. 2☐ + ☐3 = 54. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
7I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 1 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 5. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
8Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐9 = 51. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
9Each box hides one digit. 4☐ + ☐5 = 75. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
10Two numbers add up to 21. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Each box hides one digit. 6☐ + ☐2 = 96. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
12Each box hides one digit. 2☐ + ☐3 = 35. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 37
- 2. 6 outfits
- 3. 50
- 4. 96
- 5. 47
- 6. 21
- 7. 32
- 8. 32
- 9. 40
- 10. 14
- 11. 64
- 12. 22
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