πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.OA.A.1
📖 Add & subtract stories
One- and two-step story problems within 100
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Mei has 2 balloons. Mei gets some more balloons at a party. Now Mei has 6 balloons. How many balloons did Mei get at the party?
Answer: ______________ balloons
2Omar picks some apples. Then Omar picks 42 more apples. Now Omar has 91 apples. How many apples did Omar pick at first?
Answer: ______________ apples
3Leo puts 6 red flowers and 2 yellow flowers in a vase. How many flowers are in the vase?
Answer: ______________ flowers
4Theo found 79 shells. Rosa found 28 shells. How many more shells did Theo find than Rosa?
Answer: ______________ shells
5Omar finds 75 shells at the beach. Then Omar finds some more shells. Now Omar has 86 shells. How many more shells did Omar find?
Answer: ______________ shells
6Aiden read 40 pages. Rosa read 31 pages. How many more pages did Aiden read than Rosa?
Answer: ______________ pages
7Sam has 27 cards. Sam has 14 more cards than Mei. How many cards does Mei have?
Answer: ______________ cards
8Jamal read 26 pages. Jamal read 12 fewer pages than Sam. How many pages did Sam read?
Answer: ______________ pages
9Kai finds 28 shells at the beach. Then Kai finds some more shells. Now Kai has 41 shells. How many more shells did Kai find?
Answer: ______________ shells
10Maya read 4 pages. Maya read 2 more pages than Omar. How many pages did Omar read?
Answer: ______________ pages
11Lily read 24 pages. Omar read 15 pages. How many more pages did Lily read than Omar?
Answer: ______________ pages
12Jamal has 33 red crayons and 61 blue crayons. How many crayons does Jamal have?
Answer: ______________ crayons
Answer key: Add & subtract stories
- 1. 4 balloons
- 2. 49 apples
- 3. 8 flowers
- 4. 51 shells
- 5. 11 shells
- 6. 9 pages
- 7. 13 cards
- 8. 38 pages
- 9. 13 shells
- 10. 2 pages
- 11. 9 pages
- 12. 94 crayons
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