πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.OA.A.1
📖 Add & subtract stories
One- and two-step story problems within 100
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Mei has 20 cards. Maya has 6 fewer cards than Mei. How many cards does Maya have?
Answer: ______________ cards
2Aiden found 30 shells. Zoe found 14 fewer shells than Aiden. How many shells did Zoe find?
Answer: ______________ shells
3Rosa picks 16 apples. Then Rosa picks 63 more apples. How many apples does Rosa have now?
Answer: ______________ apples
4Omar bakes some cookies. Then Omar bakes 14 more cookies. Now there are 41 cookies. How many cookies did Omar bake at first?
Answer: ______________ cookies
5Ana has 49 cards. Maya has 32 cards. How many more cards does Ana have than Maya?
Answer: ______________ cards
6Aiden picks 86 apples. Aiden puts some apples in a pie. Now Aiden has 73 apples left. How many apples went in the pie?
Answer: ______________ apples
7Nora bakes 10 cookies. Then Nora bakes some more cookies. Now there are 12 cookies. How many more cookies did Nora bake?
Answer: ______________ cookies
8Theo picked 28 strawberries. Jamal picked 72 more strawberries than Theo. How many strawberries did Jamal pick?
Answer: ______________ strawberries
9Kai has some stickers. Kai gives 35 stickers to Jamal. Now Kai has 19 stickers left. How many stickers did Kai have at first?
Answer: ______________ stickers
10A tank has 18 blue fish and 11 striped fish. How many fish are in the tank?
Answer: ______________ fish
11Rosa bakes 43 cookies. The family eats some of the cookies. Now there are 34 cookies left. How many cookies did the family eat?
Answer: ______________ cookies
12Nora has 47 stickers. Leo gives Nora 41 more stickers. How many stickers does Nora have now?
Answer: ______________ stickers
Answer key: Add & subtract stories
- 1. 14 cards
- 2. 16 shells
- 3. 79 apples
- 4. 27 cookies
- 5. 17 cards
- 6. 13 apples
- 7. 2 cookies
- 8. 100 strawberries
- 9. 54 stickers
- 10. 29 fish
- 11. 9 cookies
- 12. 88 stickers
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