πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.MD.B.5
🎀 Length stories
Length story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rope is 27 meters long. A string is 14 meters long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ meters
2Ollie the Owl has a ribbon 18 feet long and cuts off 6 feet. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ feet
3A rope is 29 feet long. A string is 1 feet long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ feet
4A rope is 20 meters long. A string is 1 meters long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ meters
5Zoe builds a train of blocks 17 cm long, then adds 2 cm more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ cm
6A rope is 19 inches long. A string is 15 inches long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ inches
7Priya builds a train of blocks 20 feet long, then adds 1 feet more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Ollie the Owl builds a train of blocks 26 feet long, then adds 25 feet more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ feet
9Sam has a ribbon 22 inches long and cuts off 3 inches. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ inches
10A rope is 21 meters long. A string is 20 meters long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ meters
11Maya has a ribbon 25 meters long and cuts off 23 meters. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ meters
12A rope is 10 cm long. A string is 1 cm long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ cm
Answer key: Length stories
- 1. 13 meters
- 2. 12 feet
- 3. 28 feet
- 4. 19 meters
- 5. 19 cm
- 6. 4 inches
- 7. 21 feet
- 8. 51 feet
- 9. 19 inches
- 10. 1 meters
- 11. 2 meters
- 12. 9 cm
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