πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.OA.A.1
📖 Add & subtract stories
One- and two-step story problems within 100
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Nora picks some apples. Nora puts 13 apples in a pie. Now Nora has 20 apples left. How many apples did Nora pick at first?
Answer: ______________ apples
2There are some cars in a parking lot. 87 more cars drive in. Now there are 100 cars in the lot. How many cars were in the lot at first?
Answer: ______________ cars
3Kai read 57 pages. Kai read 34 more pages than Ana. How many pages did Ana read?
Answer: ______________ pages
4Lily has 32 marbles. Lily has 49 fewer marbles than Theo. How many marbles does Theo have?
Answer: ______________ marbles
5Ana has 71 marbles. Jamal has 21 marbles. How many more marbles does Ana have than Jamal?
Answer: ______________ marbles
6Mei read 9 pages. Mei read 2 more pages than Sam. How many pages did Sam read?
Answer: ______________ pages
7The class library has 91 books. 54 are storybooks and the rest are science books. How many science books are there?
Answer: ______________ books
8Maya found 64 shells. Maya found 12 fewer shells than Sam. How many shells did Sam find?
Answer: ______________ shells
9Maya baked 98 muffins. Theo baked 9 muffins. How many fewer muffins did Theo bake than Maya?
Answer: ______________ muffins
10Jamal has 49 cards. Zoe has 6 cards. How many fewer cards does Zoe have than Jamal?
Answer: ______________ cards
11Zoe bakes some cookies. The family eats 33 of the cookies. Now there are 5 cookies left. How many cookies did Zoe bake at first?
Answer: ______________ cookies
12There are 79 cars in a parking lot. Some cars drive away. Now there are 14 cars left in the lot. How many cars drove away?
Answer: ______________ cars
Answer key: Add & subtract stories
- 1. 33 apples
- 2. 13 cars
- 3. 23 pages
- 4. 81 marbles
- 5. 50 marbles
- 6. 7 pages
- 7. 37 books
- 8. 76 shells
- 9. 89 muffins
- 10. 43 cards
- 11. 38 cookies
- 12. 65 cars
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