πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.OA.A.1
📖 Add & subtract stories
One- and two-step story problems within 100
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Omar bakes some cookies. Then Omar bakes 7 more cookies. Now there are 30 cookies. How many cookies did Omar bake at first?
Answer: ______________ cookies
2Zoe read 38 pages. Leo read 5 pages. How many fewer pages did Leo read than Zoe?
Answer: ______________ pages
3Ben caught 14 fish. Jamal caught 3 fewer fish than Ben. How many fish did Jamal catch?
Answer: ______________ fish
4Leo read 29 pages. Omar read 46 more pages than Leo. How many pages did Omar read?
Answer: ______________ pages
5Rosa finds 30 shells at the beach. Rosa gives 22 shells to Ana. How many shells does Rosa have left?
Answer: ______________ shells
6Ana has 36 crayons. 32 are red and the rest are blue. How many crayons are blue?
Answer: ______________ crayons
7The class library has 76 books. 25 are storybooks and the rest are science books. How many science books are there?
Answer: ______________ books
8Ana finds 30 shells at the beach. Ana gives 10 shells to Kai. How many shells does Ana have left?
Answer: ______________ shells
9Priya found 11 shells. Nora found 9 shells. How many fewer shells did Nora find than Priya?
Answer: ______________ shells
10Kai finds some shells at the beach. Kai gives 2 shells to Theo. Now Kai has 21 shells left. How many shells did Kai find at first?
Answer: ______________ shells
11Rosa finds some shells at the beach. Rosa gives 15 shells to Zoe. Now Rosa has 78 shells left. How many shells did Rosa find at first?
Answer: ______________ shells
12Maya bakes 2 cookies. Then Maya bakes 36 more cookies. How many cookies are there now?
Answer: ______________ cookies
Answer key: Add & subtract stories
- 1. 23 cookies
- 2. 33 pages
- 3. 11 fish
- 4. 75 pages
- 5. 8 shells
- 6. 4 crayons
- 7. 51 books
- 8. 20 shells
- 9. 2 shells
- 10. 23 shells
- 11. 93 shells
- 12. 38 cookies
Practice this lesson online with games that adjust to your child: agarwalmath.com/math/2nd-grade/word-add-sub