πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.MD.B.5
🎀 Length stories
Length story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Comet Kim has a ribbon 58 feet long and cuts off 23 feet. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ feet
2A blue rope is 71 feet long. A green rope is 27 feet shorter. How long is the green rope?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Two sticks laid end to end are 40 cm long. One stick is 17 cm long. How long is the other stick?
Answer: ______________ cm
4Captain Nova has a ribbon 10 meters long and cuts off 5 meters. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ meters
5Astro Ana builds a train of blocks 54 cm long, then adds 42 cm more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ cm
6Fifi the Fox has a ribbon 39 meters long and cuts off 14 meters. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ meters
7A rope is 31 feet long. A string is 15 feet long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Ollie the Owl builds a train of blocks 42 cm long, then adds 35 cm more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ cm
9Comet Kim has a ribbon 92 cm long and cuts off 61 cm. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ cm
10Two sticks laid end to end are 31 cm long. One stick is 28 cm long. How long is the other stick?
Answer: ______________ cm
11Aiden cut 17 feet off a ribbon. Now the ribbon is 46 feet long. How long was it at first?
Answer: ______________ feet
12The red ribbon is 6 cm long. The blue ribbon is 91 cm longer. How long is the blue ribbon?
Answer: ______________ cm
Answer key: Length stories
- 1. 35 feet
- 2. 44 feet
- 3. 23 cm
- 4. 5 meters
- 5. 96 cm
- 6. 25 meters
- 7. 16 feet
- 8. 77 cm
- 9. 31 cm
- 10. 3 cm
- 11. 63 feet
- 12. 97 cm
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