πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.MD.B.5
🎀 Length stories
Length story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A blue rope is 38 meters long. A green rope is 8 meters shorter. How long is the green rope?
Answer: ______________ meters
2Rocket Raj cut 6 cm off a ribbon. Now the ribbon is 47 cm long. How long was it at first?
Answer: ______________ cm
3Maya has a ribbon 16 cm long and cuts off 13 cm. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ cm
4Rocket Raj builds a train of blocks 88 cm long, then adds 83 cm more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ cm
5A blue rope is 55 inches long. A green rope is 2 inches shorter. How long is the green rope?
Answer: ______________ inches
6A rope is 10 meters long. A string is 8 meters long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ meters
7A rope is 21 inches long. A string is 3 inches long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ inches
8A blue rope is 59 meters long. A green rope is 51 meters shorter. How long is the green rope?
Answer: ______________ meters
9The red ribbon is 45 cm long. The blue ribbon is 17 cm longer. How long is the blue ribbon?
Answer: ______________ cm
10Two sticks laid end to end are 58 inches long. One stick is 15 inches long. How long is the other stick?
Answer: ______________ inches
11A rope is 69 meters long. A string is 45 meters long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ meters
12The red ribbon is 8 meters long. The blue ribbon is 65 meters longer. How long is the blue ribbon?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Length stories
- 1. 30 meters
- 2. 53 cm
- 3. 3 cm
- 4. 171 cm
- 5. 53 inches
- 6. 2 meters
- 7. 18 inches
- 8. 8 meters
- 9. 62 cm
- 10. 43 inches
- 11. 24 meters
- 12. 73 meters
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