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 7. The bigger one is 1 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Lily has 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Lily make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
3Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐8 = 70. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
4Each box hides one digit. 4☐ + ☐8 = 71. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
5Each box hides one digit. 4☐ + ☐5 = 69. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
6I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 1 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 7. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
7Each box hides one digit. 5☐ + ☐0 = 84. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
8Each box hides one digit. 2☐ + ☐9 = 55. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
9Each box hides one digit. 1☐ + ☐6 = 31. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
10Each box hides one digit. 5☐ + ☐0 = 71. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
11Each box hides one digit. 1☐ + ☐9 = 40. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
12Jamal has 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. An outfit is 1 shirt and 1 pair of pants. How many different outfits can Jamal make?
Answer: ______________ outfits
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 4
- 2. 4 outfits
- 3. 32
- 4. 43
- 5. 44
- 6. 43
- 7. 54
- 8. 26
- 9. 15
- 10. 51
- 11. 11
- 12. 6 outfits
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