πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.MD.B.5
🎀 Length stories
Length story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A rope is 25 meters long. A string is 19 meters long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ meters
2A rope is 30 feet long. A string is 7 feet long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Aiden has a ribbon 18 feet long and cuts off 6 feet. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ feet
4A rope is 21 feet long. A string is 10 feet long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ feet
5A rope is 25 feet long. A string is 10 feet long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ feet
6A rope is 20 meters long. A string is 19 meters long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ meters
7Ollie the Owl builds a train of blocks 16 meters long, then adds 12 meters more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ meters
8Captain Nova builds a train of blocks 25 feet long, then adds 16 feet more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ feet
9A rope is 15 inches long. A string is 7 inches long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ inches
10Ollie the Owl builds a train of blocks 25 meters long, then adds 15 meters more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ meters
11Sam has a ribbon 28 inches long and cuts off 9 inches. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ inches
12Omar has a ribbon 21 cm long and cuts off 10 cm. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ cm
Answer key: Length stories
- 1. 6 meters
- 2. 23 feet
- 3. 12 feet
- 4. 11 feet
- 5. 15 feet
- 6. 1 meters
- 7. 28 meters
- 8. 41 feet
- 9. 8 inches
- 10. 40 meters
- 11. 19 inches
- 12. 11 cm
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