πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.MD.B.5
🎀 Length stories
Length story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Two sticks laid end to end are 95 cm long. One stick is 75 cm long. How long is the other stick?
Answer: ______________ cm
2A blue rope is 15 feet long. A green rope is 13 feet shorter. How long is the green rope?
Answer: ______________ feet
3The red ribbon is 51 meters long. The blue ribbon is 21 meters longer. How long is the blue ribbon?
Answer: ______________ meters
4Zoe cut 26 meters off a ribbon. Now the ribbon is 36 meters long. How long was it at first?
Answer: ______________ meters
5Comet Kim builds a train of blocks 71 cm long, then adds 39 cm more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ cm
6The red ribbon is 32 cm long. The blue ribbon is 12 cm longer. How long is the blue ribbon?
Answer: ______________ cm
7A rope is 30 cm long. A string is 12 cm long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ cm
8Two sticks laid end to end are 79 meters long. One stick is 3 meters long. How long is the other stick?
Answer: ______________ meters
9A blue rope is 67 meters long. A green rope is 27 meters shorter. How long is the green rope?
Answer: ______________ meters
10Captain Nova cut 30 meters off a ribbon. Now the ribbon is 41 meters long. How long was it at first?
Answer: ______________ meters
11Two sticks laid end to end are 77 meters long. One stick is 75 meters long. How long is the other stick?
Answer: ______________ meters
12A rope is 60 meters long. A string is 23 meters long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Length stories
- 1. 20 cm
- 2. 2 feet
- 3. 72 meters
- 4. 62 meters
- 5. 110 cm
- 6. 44 cm
- 7. 18 cm
- 8. 76 meters
- 9. 40 meters
- 10. 71 meters
- 11. 2 meters
- 12. 37 meters
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