πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.OA.A.1
📖 Add & subtract stories
One- and two-step story problems within 100
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Zoe has some stickers. Mei gives Zoe 23 more stickers. Now Zoe has 35 stickers. How many stickers did Zoe have at first?
Answer: ______________ stickers
2Omar finds 41 shells at the beach. Then Omar finds 57 more shells. How many shells does Omar have now?
Answer: ______________ shells
324 kids are on the bus. At the next stop, 13 kids get off. How many kids are still on the bus?
Answer: ______________ kids
4Theo has 75 stickers. Maya has 61 stickers. How many more stickers does Theo have than Maya?
Answer: ______________ stickers
5Zoe read 20 pages. Zoe read 26 fewer pages than Kai. How many pages did Kai read?
Answer: ______________ pages
6Ben read 33 pages. Ben read 53 fewer pages than Lily. How many pages did Lily read?
Answer: ______________ pages
7Some frogs sit on a log. 11 more frogs hop onto the log. Now 15 frogs are on the log. How many frogs were on the log at first?
Answer: ______________ frogs
8Sam has 23 marbles. Sam has 8 more marbles than Ben. How many marbles does Ben have?
Answer: ______________ marbles
9Lily has 17 cards. Lily has 55 fewer cards than Omar. How many cards does Omar have?
Answer: ______________ cards
10Some ducks swim in a pond. 16 ducks waddle away. Now 5 ducks are left in the pond. How many ducks were in the pond at first?
Answer: ______________ ducks
11Omar finds some shells at the beach. Then Omar finds 10 more shells. Now Omar has 70 shells. How many shells did Omar find at first?
Answer: ______________ shells
12There are 76 cars in a parking lot. Some cars drive away. Now there are 8 cars left in the lot. How many cars drove away?
Answer: ______________ cars
Answer key: Add & subtract stories
- 1. 12 stickers
- 2. 98 shells
- 3. 11 kids
- 4. 14 stickers
- 5. 46 pages
- 6. 86 pages
- 7. 4 frogs
- 8. 15 marbles
- 9. 72 cards
- 10. 21 ducks
- 11. 60 shells
- 12. 68 cars
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