πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.OA.A.1
📖 Add & subtract stories
One- and two-step story problems within 100
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1The class library has 29 books. 3 are storybooks and the rest are science books. How many science books are there?
Answer: ______________ books
2Ben has 8 stickers. Zoe gives Ben some more stickers. Now Ben has 73 stickers. How many stickers did Zoe give Ben?
Answer: ______________ stickers
3Lily picks 69 apples. Then Lily picks some more apples. Now Lily has 73 apples. How many more apples did Lily pick?
Answer: ______________ apples
4Aiden has 25 stickers. Ana has 12 stickers. How many fewer stickers does Ana have than Aiden?
Answer: ______________ stickers
5Omar picked 37 strawberries. Kai picked 5 fewer strawberries than Omar. How many strawberries did Kai pick?
Answer: ______________ strawberries
6The class library has 51 books. 38 are storybooks and the rest are science books. How many science books are there?
Answer: ______________ books
7Priya found 31 shells. Lily found 5 shells. How many more shells did Priya find than Lily?
Answer: ______________ shells
8Ana read 62 pages. Zoe read 31 more pages than Ana. How many pages did Zoe read?
Answer: ______________ pages
9There are some cars in a parking lot. 15 cars drive away. Now there are 17 cars left in the lot. How many cars were in the lot at first?
Answer: ______________ cars
10Zoe has 100 marbles. Zoe has 63 more marbles than Jamal. How many marbles does Jamal have?
Answer: ______________ marbles
11Zoe read 71 pages. Zoe read 2 more pages than Sam. How many pages did Sam read?
Answer: ______________ pages
12The class library has 97 books. 36 are storybooks and the rest are science books. How many science books are there?
Answer: ______________ books
Answer key: Add & subtract stories
- 1. 26 books
- 2. 65 stickers
- 3. 4 apples
- 4. 13 stickers
- 5. 32 strawberries
- 6. 13 books
- 7. 26 shells
- 8. 93 pages
- 9. 32 cars
- 10. 37 marbles
- 11. 69 pages
- 12. 61 books
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