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: ____________
1Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the top middle box?
Answer: ______________
2Each box hides one digit. 3☐ + ☐2 = 54. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
3Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the bottom right box?
Answer: ______________
4Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the middle left box?
Answer: ______________
5Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the bottom middle box?
Answer: ______________
6Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the middle left box?
Answer: ______________
7Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the bottom middle box?
Answer: ______________
8Two numbers add up to 46. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
9Two numbers add up to 36. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10Two numbers add up to 37. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
11Each box hides one digit. 2☐ + ☐8 = 49. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
12Two numbers add up to 19. The bigger one is 7 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 7
- 2. 32
- 3. 2
- 4. 9
- 5. 7
- 6. 3
- 7. 1
- 8. 26
- 9. 21
- 10. 22
- 11. 21
- 12. 13
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