πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.MD.B.5
🎀 Length stories
Length story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Rocket Raj has a ribbon 19 inches long and cuts off 18 inches. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ inches
2A rope is 21 meters long. A string is 18 meters long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ meters
3Captain Nova has a ribbon 30 meters long and cuts off 16 meters. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ meters
4A rope is 13 inches long. A string is 9 inches long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ inches
5A rope is 25 feet long. A string is 1 feet long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Ollie the Owl builds a train of blocks 15 cm long, then adds 3 cm more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ cm
7Captain Nova builds a train of blocks 18 cm long, then adds 10 cm more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ cm
8A rope is 14 feet long. A string is 11 feet long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Penny the Panda builds a train of blocks 27 meters long, then adds 17 meters more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ meters
10Ollie the Owl builds a train of blocks 22 meters long, then adds 21 meters more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ meters
11A rope is 26 cm long. A string is 2 cm long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ cm
12Sam builds a train of blocks 25 cm long, then adds 19 cm more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ cm
Answer key: Length stories
- 1. 1 inches
- 2. 3 meters
- 3. 14 meters
- 4. 4 inches
- 5. 24 feet
- 6. 18 cm
- 7. 28 cm
- 8. 3 feet
- 9. 44 meters
- 10. 43 meters
- 11. 24 cm
- 12. 44 cm
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