πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.OA.A.1
📖 Add & subtract stories
One- and two-step story problems within 100
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Mei has 12 marbles. Mei has 6 more marbles than Ana. How many marbles does Ana have?
Answer: ______________ marbles
2Mei has 6 cards. Mei has 4 more cards than Jamal. How many cards does Jamal have?
Answer: ______________ cards
3Kai picked 7 strawberries. Rosa picked 5 strawberries. How many more strawberries did Kai pick than Rosa?
Answer: ______________ strawberries
4Nora has 64 stickers. Lily has 45 stickers. How many fewer stickers does Lily have than Nora?
Answer: ______________ stickers
5Jamal found 21 shells. Lily found 8 shells. How many more shells did Jamal find than Lily?
Answer: ______________ shells
6Mei bakes some cookies. The family eats 24 of the cookies. Now there are 11 cookies left. How many cookies did Mei bake at first?
Answer: ______________ cookies
7Maya read 25 pages. Maya read 75 fewer pages than Jamal. How many pages did Jamal read?
Answer: ______________ pages
8Ana finds some shells at the beach. Then Ana finds 19 more shells. Now Ana has 44 shells. How many shells did Ana find at first?
Answer: ______________ shells
9Rosa found 28 shells. Aiden found 22 shells. How many more shells did Rosa find than Aiden?
Answer: ______________ shells
10Leo has 48 marbles. Leo has 28 more marbles than Zoe. How many marbles does Zoe have?
Answer: ______________ marbles
11Ana has 16 marbles. Ana has 14 more marbles than Kai. How many marbles does Kai have?
Answer: ______________ marbles
12Rosa picked 33 strawberries. Rosa picked 12 more strawberries than Omar. How many strawberries did Omar pick?
Answer: ______________ strawberries
Answer key: Add & subtract stories
- 1. 6 marbles
- 2. 2 cards
- 3. 2 strawberries
- 4. 19 stickers
- 5. 13 shells
- 6. 35 cookies
- 7. 100 pages
- 8. 25 shells
- 9. 6 shells
- 10. 20 marbles
- 11. 2 marbles
- 12. 21 strawberries
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