πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.MD.B.5
🎀 Length stories
Length story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Fifi the Fox has a ribbon 50 inches long and cuts off 37 inches. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ inches
2Astro Ana cut 8 cm off a ribbon. Now the ribbon is 3 cm long. How long was it at first?
Answer: ______________ cm
3A rope is 78 meters long. A string is 53 meters long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ meters
4Benny the Bear has a ribbon 41 cm long and cuts off 31 cm. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ cm
5Benny the Bear builds a train of blocks 34 feet long, then adds 23 feet more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Comet Kim builds a train of blocks 94 cm long, then adds 45 cm more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ cm
7The red ribbon is 21 inches long. The blue ribbon is 34 inches longer. How long is the blue ribbon?
Answer: ______________ inches
8A blue rope is 82 cm long. A green rope is 19 cm shorter. How long is the green rope?
Answer: ______________ cm
9Captain Nova builds a train of blocks 15 cm long, then adds 10 cm more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ cm
10A rope is 83 cm long. A string is 25 cm long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ cm
11The red ribbon is 31 meters long. The blue ribbon is 29 meters longer. How long is the blue ribbon?
Answer: ______________ meters
12Comet Kim cut 32 meters off a ribbon. Now the ribbon is 7 meters long. How long was it at first?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Length stories
- 1. 13 inches
- 2. 11 cm
- 3. 25 meters
- 4. 10 cm
- 5. 57 feet
- 6. 139 cm
- 7. 55 inches
- 8. 63 cm
- 9. 25 cm
- 10. 58 cm
- 11. 60 meters
- 12. 39 meters
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