πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.OA.A.1
📖 Add & subtract stories
One- and two-step story problems within 100
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Ben finds 96 shells at the beach. Ben gives some shells to Priya. Now Ben has 79 shells left. How many shells did Ben give to Priya?
Answer: ______________ shells
2Omar read 38 pages. Nora read 19 more pages than Omar. How many pages did Nora read?
Answer: ______________ pages
3Ana finds 7 shells at the beach. Then Ana finds some more shells. Now Ana has 38 shells. How many more shells did Ana find?
Answer: ______________ shells
4Ana picks some apples. Then Ana picks 57 more apples. Now Ana has 79 apples. How many apples did Ana pick at first?
Answer: ______________ apples
5Maya picked 5 strawberries. Maya picked 24 fewer strawberries than Zoe. How many strawberries did Zoe pick?
Answer: ______________ strawberries
6Rosa finds 52 shells at the beach. Rosa gives some shells to Jamal. Now Rosa has 40 shells left. How many shells did Rosa give to Jamal?
Answer: ______________ shells
7There are some cars in a parking lot. 9 cars drive away. Now there are 77 cars left in the lot. How many cars were in the lot at first?
Answer: ______________ cars
8Lily baked 92 muffins. Lily baked 75 more muffins than Kai. How many muffins did Kai bake?
Answer: ______________ muffins
9Sam has 37 cards. Ana has 9 cards. How many more cards does Sam have than Ana?
Answer: ______________ cards
10There are some cars in a parking lot. 24 cars drive away. Now there are 53 cars left in the lot. How many cars were in the lot at first?
Answer: ______________ cars
11Zoe finds 32 shells at the beach. Then Zoe finds some more shells. Now Zoe has 64 shells. How many more shells did Zoe find?
Answer: ______________ shells
12The class library has 54 books. 18 are storybooks and the rest are science books. How many science books are there?
Answer: ______________ books
Answer key: Add & subtract stories
- 1. 17 shells
- 2. 57 pages
- 3. 31 shells
- 4. 22 apples
- 5. 29 strawberries
- 6. 12 shells
- 7. 86 cars
- 8. 17 muffins
- 9. 28 cards
- 10. 77 cars
- 11. 32 shells
- 12. 36 books
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