πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.OA.A.1
📖 Add & subtract stories
One- and two-step story problems within 100
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Kai has 19 stickers. Kai has 4 fewer stickers than Zoe. How many stickers does Zoe have?
Answer: ______________ stickers
2Jamal has 71 marbles. Ben has 7 more marbles than Jamal. How many marbles does Ben have?
Answer: ______________ marbles
3The class library has 74 books. 56 are storybooks and the rest are science books. How many science books are there?
Answer: ______________ books
4The class library has 23 storybooks and 43 science books. How many books are in the class library?
Answer: ______________ books
5Sam has 3 marbles. Sam has 21 fewer marbles than Maya. How many marbles does Maya have?
Answer: ______________ marbles
6Ben puts 30 flowers in a vase. 25 are red and the rest are yellow. How many flowers are yellow?
Answer: ______________ flowers
7There are some cars in a parking lot. 18 more cars drive in. Now there are 27 cars in the lot. How many cars were in the lot at first?
Answer: ______________ cars
8Leo caught 10 fish. Leo caught 8 fewer fish than Nora. How many fish did Nora catch?
Answer: ______________ fish
9Jamal puts 10 red flowers and 9 yellow flowers in a vase. How many flowers are in the vase?
Answer: ______________ flowers
10Leo has 67 cards. Zoe has 29 cards. How many more cards does Leo have than Zoe?
Answer: ______________ cards
11Maya has 11 cards. Rosa has 30 more cards than Maya. How many cards does Rosa have?
Answer: ______________ cards
12Kai read 38 pages. Nora read 27 pages. How many more pages did Kai read than Nora?
Answer: ______________ pages
Answer key: Add & subtract stories
- 1. 23 stickers
- 2. 78 marbles
- 3. 18 books
- 4. 66 books
- 5. 24 marbles
- 6. 5 flowers
- 7. 9 cars
- 8. 18 fish
- 9. 19 flowers
- 10. 38 cards
- 11. 41 cards
- 12. 11 pages
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