πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.OA.A.1
📖 Add & subtract stories
One- and two-step story problems within 100
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Maya has 4 cards. Jamal has 15 more cards than Maya. How many cards does Jamal have?
Answer: ______________ cards
2Maya picks some apples. Maya puts 54 apples in a pie. Now Maya has 3 apples left. How many apples did Maya pick at first?
Answer: ______________ apples
3Aiden has 31 marbles. Mei has 25 marbles. How many fewer marbles does Mei have than Aiden?
Answer: ______________ marbles
4Omar baked 45 muffins. Nora baked 19 muffins. How many more muffins did Omar bake than Nora?
Answer: ______________ muffins
5Some frogs sit on a log. 4 more frogs hop onto the log. Now 7 frogs are on the log. How many frogs were on the log at first?
Answer: ______________ frogs
619 ducks swim in a pond. Some ducks waddle away. Now 9 ducks are left in the pond. How many ducks waddled away?
Answer: ______________ ducks
7Aiden read 48 pages. Aiden read 33 more pages than Kai. How many pages did Kai read?
Answer: ______________ pages
8Maya has 51 crayons. 12 are red and the rest are blue. How many crayons are blue?
Answer: ______________ crayons
9Priya has 31 stickers. Priya gives some stickers to Mei. Now Priya has 4 stickers left. How many stickers did Priya give to Mei?
Answer: ______________ stickers
10Lily caught 6 fish. Priya caught 3 fewer fish than Lily. How many fish did Priya catch?
Answer: ______________ fish
11There are some cars in a parking lot. 80 cars drive away. Now there are 19 cars left in the lot. How many cars were in the lot at first?
Answer: ______________ cars
12Theo found 95 shells. Leo found 39 fewer shells than Theo. How many shells did Leo find?
Answer: ______________ shells
Answer key: Add & subtract stories
- 1. 19 cards
- 2. 57 apples
- 3. 6 marbles
- 4. 26 muffins
- 5. 3 frogs
- 6. 10 ducks
- 7. 15 pages
- 8. 39 crayons
- 9. 27 stickers
- 10. 3 fish
- 11. 99 cars
- 12. 56 shells
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