πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.OA.A.1
📖 Add & subtract stories
One- and two-step story problems within 100
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Leo picks 45 apples. Then Leo picks some more apples. Now Leo has 72 apples. How many more apples did Leo pick?
Answer: ______________ apples
2Nora picked 20 strawberries. Nora picked 8 fewer strawberries than Aiden. How many strawberries did Aiden pick?
Answer: ______________ strawberries
3Theo picks some apples. Theo puts 12 apples in a pie. Now Theo has 88 apples left. How many apples did Theo pick at first?
Answer: ______________ apples
4Rosa has 2 stickers. Ben has 5 more stickers than Rosa. How many stickers does Ben have?
Answer: ______________ stickers
5Leo has 6 stickers. Leo has 16 fewer stickers than Ben. How many stickers does Ben have?
Answer: ______________ stickers
6Mei read 85 pages. Nora read 5 pages. How many more pages did Mei read than Nora?
Answer: ______________ pages
7Leo picked 30 strawberries. Leo picked 21 more strawberries than Zoe. How many strawberries did Zoe pick?
Answer: ______________ strawberries
8Omar has 43 marbles. Omar has 22 more marbles than Maya. How many marbles does Maya have?
Answer: ______________ marbles
9Theo has 82 marbles. Ben has 24 marbles. How many fewer marbles does Ben have than Theo?
Answer: ______________ marbles
10Leo finds some shells at the beach. Then Leo finds 37 more shells. Now Leo has 98 shells. How many shells did Leo find at first?
Answer: ______________ shells
11Aiden has 10 cards. Priya has 8 fewer cards than Aiden. How many cards does Priya have?
Answer: ______________ cards
12Leo has 13 stickers. Leo has 38 fewer stickers than Jamal. How many stickers does Jamal have?
Answer: ______________ stickers
Answer key: Add & subtract stories
- 1. 27 apples
- 2. 28 strawberries
- 3. 100 apples
- 4. 7 stickers
- 5. 22 stickers
- 6. 80 pages
- 7. 9 strawberries
- 8. 21 marbles
- 9. 58 marbles
- 10. 61 shells
- 11. 2 cards
- 12. 51 stickers
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