πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.MD.B.5
🎀 Length stories
Length story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Ollie the Owl has a ribbon 90 inches long and cuts off 15 inches. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ inches
2Ollie the Owl has a ribbon 64 meters long and cuts off 57 meters. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ meters
3Captain Nova has a ribbon 41 meters long and cuts off 37 meters. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ meters
4Captain Nova has a ribbon 72 feet long and cuts off 54 feet. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ feet
5The red ribbon is 21 meters long. The blue ribbon is 4 meters longer. How long is the blue ribbon?
Answer: ______________ meters
6A blue rope is 53 cm long. A green rope is 50 cm shorter. How long is the green rope?
Answer: ______________ cm
7The red ribbon is 43 meters long. The blue ribbon is 23 meters longer. How long is the blue ribbon?
Answer: ______________ meters
8The red ribbon is 8 inches long. The blue ribbon is 9 inches longer. How long is the blue ribbon?
Answer: ______________ inches
9Omar builds a train of blocks 67 feet long, then adds 18 feet more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ feet
10The red ribbon is 53 meters long. The blue ribbon is 11 meters longer. How long is the blue ribbon?
Answer: ______________ meters
11The red ribbon is 7 meters long. The blue ribbon is 15 meters longer. How long is the blue ribbon?
Answer: ______________ meters
12Comet Kim has a ribbon 52 cm long and cuts off 42 cm. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ cm
Answer key: Length stories
- 1. 75 inches
- 2. 7 meters
- 3. 4 meters
- 4. 18 feet
- 5. 25 meters
- 6. 3 cm
- 7. 66 meters
- 8. 17 inches
- 9. 85 feet
- 10. 64 meters
- 11. 22 meters
- 12. 10 cm
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