πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.MD.B.5
🎀 Length stories
Length story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1The red ribbon is 2 feet long. The blue ribbon is 16 feet longer. How long is the blue ribbon?
Answer: ______________ feet
2A rope is 18 cm long. A string is 3 cm long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ cm
3A rope is 19 cm long. A string is 9 cm long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ cm
4Zoe has a ribbon 10 meters long and cuts off 6 meters. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ meters
5A rope is 17 meters long. A string is 7 meters long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ meters
6A blue rope is 14 cm long. A green rope is 6 cm shorter. How long is the green rope?
Answer: ______________ cm
7A blue rope is 21 feet long. A green rope is 16 feet shorter. How long is the green rope?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Fifi the Fox builds a train of blocks 13 cm long, then adds 3 cm more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ cm
9Omar builds a train of blocks 12 cm long, then adds 4 cm more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ cm
10The red ribbon is 11 inches long. The blue ribbon is 7 inches longer. How long is the blue ribbon?
Answer: ______________ inches
11A blue rope is 29 meters long. A green rope is 25 meters shorter. How long is the green rope?
Answer: ______________ meters
12Comet Kim builds a train of blocks 19 cm long, then adds 3 cm more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ cm
Answer key: Length stories
- 1. 18 feet
- 2. 15 cm
- 3. 10 cm
- 4. 4 meters
- 5. 10 meters
- 6. 8 cm
- 7. 5 feet
- 8. 16 cm
- 9. 16 cm
- 10. 18 inches
- 11. 4 meters
- 12. 22 cm
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