πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.OA.A.1
📖 Add & subtract stories
One- and two-step story problems within 100
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Ben has 82 marbles. Ben has 8 fewer marbles than Maya. How many marbles does Maya have?
Answer: ______________ marbles
2Kai read 27 pages. Aiden read 54 more pages than Kai. How many pages did Aiden read?
Answer: ______________ pages
3Kai found 7 shells. Kai found 54 fewer shells than Zoe. How many shells did Zoe find?
Answer: ______________ shells
4Aiden found 21 shells. Aiden found 14 more shells than Mei. How many shells did Mei find?
Answer: ______________ shells
5Maya has 3 stickers. Maya has 4 fewer stickers than Ana. How many stickers does Ana have?
Answer: ______________ stickers
6Mei found 13 shells. Mei found 10 fewer shells than Maya. How many shells did Maya find?
Answer: ______________ shells
7Omar picked 56 strawberries. Zoe picked 9 strawberries. How many more strawberries did Omar pick than Zoe?
Answer: ______________ strawberries
8There are some cars in a parking lot. 8 more cars drive in. Now there are 79 cars in the lot. How many cars were in the lot at first?
Answer: ______________ cars
9Mei found 33 shells. Mei found 16 more shells than Jamal. How many shells did Jamal find?
Answer: ______________ shells
10The class library has 27 books. 20 are storybooks and the rest are science books. How many science books are there?
Answer: ______________ books
11Mei bakes some cookies. The family eats 12 of the cookies. Now there are 16 cookies left. How many cookies did Mei bake at first?
Answer: ______________ cookies
12There are some cars in a parking lot. 25 more cars drive in. Now there are 50 cars in the lot. How many cars were in the lot at first?
Answer: ______________ cars
Answer key: Add & subtract stories
- 1. 90 marbles
- 2. 81 pages
- 3. 61 shells
- 4. 7 shells
- 5. 7 stickers
- 6. 23 shells
- 7. 47 strawberries
- 8. 71 cars
- 9. 17 shells
- 10. 7 books
- 11. 28 cookies
- 12. 25 cars
Practice this lesson online with games that adjust to your child: agarwalmath.com/math/2nd-grade/word-add-sub