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: ____________
1I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 1 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 13. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
2Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the top left box?
Answer: ______________
3Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the middle right box?
Answer: ______________
4Two numbers add up to 26. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
5Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the bottom right box?
Answer: ______________
6Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the top left box?
Answer: ______________
7Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the top right box?
Answer: ______________
8Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the top right box?
Answer: ______________
9Two numbers add up to 32. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
10I am a 2-digit number. My tens digit is 7 more than my ones digit. My digits add up to 9. What number am I?
Answer: ______________
11Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the middle right box?
Answer: ______________
12Two numbers add up to 29. The bigger one is 3 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 76
- 2. 6
- 3. 9
- 4. 15
- 5. 2
- 6. 8
- 7. 6
- 8. 8
- 9. 20
- 10. 81
- 11. 7
- 12. 16
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