πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.MD.B.5
🎀 Length stories
Length story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Captain Nova has a ribbon 21 feet long and cuts off 20 feet. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ feet
2A rope is 19 cm long. A string is 18 cm long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ cm
3A rope is 16 meters long. A string is 15 meters long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ meters
4Rocket Raj has a ribbon 19 feet long and cuts off 16 feet. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Penny the Panda builds a train of blocks 21 meters long, then adds 13 meters more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ meters
6Zoe builds a train of blocks 18 meters long, then adds 10 meters more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ meters
7Aiden builds a train of blocks 12 inches long, then adds 3 inches more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ inches
8A rope is 27 meters long. A string is 14 meters long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ meters
9Benny the Bear builds a train of blocks 26 feet long, then adds 19 feet more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Astro Ana has a ribbon 13 meters long and cuts off 5 meters. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ meters
11Aiden builds a train of blocks 14 meters long, then adds 7 meters more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ meters
12A rope is 12 inches long. A string is 3 inches long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ inches
Answer key: Length stories
- 1. 1 feet
- 2. 1 cm
- 3. 1 meters
- 4. 3 feet
- 5. 34 meters
- 6. 28 meters
- 7. 15 inches
- 8. 13 meters
- 9. 45 feet
- 10. 8 meters
- 11. 21 meters
- 12. 9 inches
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