πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.OA.A.1
📖 Add & subtract stories
One- and two-step story problems within 100
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Mei baked 86 muffins. Kai baked 32 muffins. How many fewer muffins did Kai bake than Mei?
Answer: ______________ muffins
2Aiden finds some shells at the beach. Aiden gives 52 shells to Nora. Now Aiden has 33 shells left. How many shells did Aiden find at first?
Answer: ______________ shells
3Aiden has 34 cards. Aiden has 13 more cards than Lily. How many cards does Lily have?
Answer: ______________ cards
4Theo has 60 cards. Jamal has 15 cards. How many more cards does Theo have than Jamal?
Answer: ______________ cards
5Lily picks 53 apples. Lily puts some apples in a pie. Now Lily has 2 apples left. How many apples went in the pie?
Answer: ______________ apples
6Rosa read 44 pages. Lily read 21 fewer pages than Rosa. How many pages did Lily read?
Answer: ______________ pages
7Ben read 86 pages. Kai read 41 pages. How many fewer pages did Kai read than Ben?
Answer: ______________ pages
8Aiden has 99 cards. Zoe has 47 cards. How many more cards does Aiden have than Zoe?
Answer: ______________ cards
9Maya found 28 shells. Mei found 21 shells. How many more shells did Maya find than Mei?
Answer: ______________ shells
10Sam found 15 shells. Ben found 4 shells. How many more shells did Sam find than Ben?
Answer: ______________ shells
11There are 12 birds in a tree. Some more birds fly to the tree. Now there are 22 birds in the tree. How many birds flew to the tree?
Answer: ______________ birds
12Maya bakes 14 cookies. The family eats some of the cookies. Now there are 8 cookies left. How many cookies did the family eat?
Answer: ______________ cookies
Answer key: Add & subtract stories
- 1. 54 muffins
- 2. 85 shells
- 3. 21 cards
- 4. 45 cards
- 5. 51 apples
- 6. 23 pages
- 7. 45 pages
- 8. 52 cards
- 9. 7 shells
- 10. 11 shells
- 11. 10 birds
- 12. 6 cookies
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