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 32. The bigger one is 8 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
2Each box hides one digit. 1☐ + ☐1 = 44. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
3Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the top right box?
Answer: ______________
4Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the top right box?
Answer: ______________
5Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the bottom left box?
Answer: ______________
6Each box hides one digit. 1☐ + ☐8 = 30. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
7Two numbers add up to 20. The bigger one is 4 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
8Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the middle right box?
Answer: ______________
9Each box hides one digit. 2☐ + ☐6 = 53. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
10Each box hides one digit. 4☐ + ☐8 = 79. What is the first number?
Answer: ______________
11Two numbers add up to 16. The bigger one is 6 more than the smaller one. What is the bigger number?
Answer: ______________
12Every row, column, and diagonal makes 15. What number goes in the top middle box?
Answer: ______________
Answer key: Challenge puzzles
- 1. 20
- 2. 13
- 3. 8
- 4. 6
- 5. 2
- 6. 12
- 7. 12
- 8. 3
- 9. 27
- 10. 41
- 11. 11
- 12. 7
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