πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.MD.B.5
🎀 Length stories
Length story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Captain Nova has a ribbon 15 inches long and cuts off 4 inches. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ inches
2Lily has a ribbon 13 feet long and cuts off 10 feet. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ feet
3A rope is 13 cm long. A string is 1 cm long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ cm
4Maya has a ribbon 18 cm long and cuts off 3 cm. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ cm
5A rope is 23 feet long. A string is 20 feet long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Rocket Raj has a ribbon 29 meters long and cuts off 11 meters. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ meters
7A rope is 27 inches long. A string is 24 inches long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ inches
8A rope is 24 meters long. A string is 5 meters long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ meters
9Comet Kim builds a train of blocks 13 feet long, then adds 1 feet more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Comet Kim builds a train of blocks 17 inches long, then adds 4 inches more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ inches
11Comet Kim builds a train of blocks 25 cm long, then adds 2 cm more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ cm
12A rope is 20 meters long. A string is 13 meters long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Length stories
- 1. 11 inches
- 2. 3 feet
- 3. 12 cm
- 4. 15 cm
- 5. 3 feet
- 6. 18 meters
- 7. 3 inches
- 8. 19 meters
- 9. 14 feet
- 10. 21 inches
- 11. 27 cm
- 12. 7 meters
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