πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.OA.A.1
📖 Add & subtract stories
One- and two-step story problems within 100
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Sam has 2 cards. Mei has 7 more cards than Sam. How many cards does Mei have?
Answer: ______________ cards
2Ben read 6 pages. Theo read 2 more pages than Ben. How many pages did Theo read?
Answer: ______________ pages
3Mei picks 27 apples. Mei puts some apples in a pie. Now Mei has 25 apples left. How many apples went in the pie?
Answer: ______________ apples
4Maya picked 10 strawberries. Priya picked 6 strawberries. How many fewer strawberries did Priya pick than Maya?
Answer: ______________ strawberries
5Zoe picked 49 strawberries. Zoe picked 10 more strawberries than Maya. How many strawberries did Maya pick?
Answer: ______________ strawberries
6Lily has 22 stickers. Lily has 6 fewer stickers than Omar. How many stickers does Omar have?
Answer: ______________ stickers
7Zoe found 18 shells. Zoe found 11 fewer shells than Leo. How many shells did Leo find?
Answer: ______________ shells
8Zoe found 7 shells. Zoe found 2 fewer shells than Sam. How many shells did Sam find?
Answer: ______________ shells
9Nora has 4 stickers. Maya has 48 more stickers than Nora. How many stickers does Maya have?
Answer: ______________ stickers
10Zoe has 28 cards. Zoe has 19 fewer cards than Ben. How many cards does Ben have?
Answer: ______________ cards
11Rosa caught 15 fish. Rosa caught 2 more fish than Priya. How many fish did Priya catch?
Answer: ______________ fish
12There are 58 apples in a basket. 47 are red and the rest are green. How many apples are green?
Answer: ______________ apples
Answer key: Add & subtract stories
- 1. 9 cards
- 2. 8 pages
- 3. 2 apples
- 4. 4 strawberries
- 5. 39 strawberries
- 6. 28 stickers
- 7. 29 shells
- 8. 9 shells
- 9. 52 stickers
- 10. 47 cards
- 11. 13 fish
- 12. 11 apples
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