πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.MD.B.5
🎀 Length stories
Length story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Two sticks laid end to end are 15 meters long. One stick is 2 meters long. How long is the other stick?
Answer: ______________ meters
2Two sticks laid end to end are 23 inches long. One stick is 17 inches long. How long is the other stick?
Answer: ______________ inches
3Two sticks laid end to end are 81 inches long. One stick is 53 inches long. How long is the other stick?
Answer: ______________ inches
4A rope is 44 feet long. A string is 22 feet long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ feet
5Captain Nova cut 51 feet off a ribbon. Now the ribbon is 11 feet long. How long was it at first?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Captain Nova builds a train of blocks 36 cm long, then adds 10 cm more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ cm
7A rope is 48 feet long. A string is 15 feet long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Two sticks laid end to end are 21 cm long. One stick is 7 cm long. How long is the other stick?
Answer: ______________ cm
9A blue rope is 59 feet long. A green rope is 57 feet shorter. How long is the green rope?
Answer: ______________ feet
10Two sticks laid end to end are 94 meters long. One stick is 27 meters long. How long is the other stick?
Answer: ______________ meters
11The red ribbon is 5 meters long. The blue ribbon is 6 meters longer. How long is the blue ribbon?
Answer: ______________ meters
12A rope is 50 cm long. A string is 39 cm long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ cm
Answer key: Length stories
- 1. 13 meters
- 2. 6 inches
- 3. 28 inches
- 4. 22 feet
- 5. 62 feet
- 6. 46 cm
- 7. 33 feet
- 8. 14 cm
- 9. 2 feet
- 10. 67 meters
- 11. 11 meters
- 12. 11 cm
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