πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.OA.A.1
📖 Add & subtract stories
One- and two-step story problems within 100
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Jamal read 28 pages. Rosa read 19 fewer pages than Jamal. How many pages did Rosa read?
Answer: ______________ pages
2Lily read 72 pages. Sam read 17 pages. How many more pages did Lily read than Sam?
Answer: ______________ pages
3Lily has 4 stickers. Kai has 56 more stickers than Lily. How many stickers does Kai have?
Answer: ______________ stickers
428 kids are on the bus. At the next stop, 7 more kids get on. How many kids are on the bus now?
Answer: ______________ kids
5The class library has 79 books. 67 are storybooks and the rest are science books. How many science books are there?
Answer: ______________ books
6Lily has 29 stickers. Priya has 8 stickers. How many more stickers does Lily have than Priya?
Answer: ______________ stickers
7Omar read 58 pages. Rosa read 40 pages. How many fewer pages did Rosa read than Omar?
Answer: ______________ pages
8Theo finds 86 shells at the beach. Theo gives some shells to Maya. Now Theo has 16 shells left. How many shells did Theo give to Maya?
Answer: ______________ shells
9Priya found 75 shells. Ben found 49 shells. How many fewer shells did Ben find than Priya?
Answer: ______________ shells
10Priya has 44 marbles. Sam has 35 marbles. How many more marbles does Priya have than Sam?
Answer: ______________ marbles
11Theo finds 34 shells at the beach. Then Theo finds 51 more shells. How many shells does Theo have now?
Answer: ______________ shells
12There are some cars in a parking lot. 63 cars drive away. Now there are 16 cars left in the lot. How many cars were in the lot at first?
Answer: ______________ cars
Answer key: Add & subtract stories
- 1. 9 pages
- 2. 55 pages
- 3. 60 stickers
- 4. 35 kids
- 5. 12 books
- 6. 21 stickers
- 7. 18 pages
- 8. 70 shells
- 9. 26 shells
- 10. 9 marbles
- 11. 85 shells
- 12. 79 cars
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