πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.MD.B.5
🎀 Length stories
Length story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A blue rope is 51 inches long. A green rope is 10 inches shorter. How long is the green rope?
Answer: ______________ inches
2Two sticks laid end to end are 34 cm long. One stick is 15 cm long. How long is the other stick?
Answer: ______________ cm
3A blue rope is 10 feet long. A green rope is 2 feet shorter. How long is the green rope?
Answer: ______________ feet
4A blue rope is 62 cm long. A green rope is 9 cm shorter. How long is the green rope?
Answer: ______________ cm
5Benny the Bear has a ribbon 93 meters long and cuts off 7 meters. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ meters
6The red ribbon is 40 feet long. The blue ribbon is 10 feet longer. How long is the blue ribbon?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Comet Kim has a ribbon 33 feet long and cuts off 26 feet. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ feet
8Two sticks laid end to end are 59 cm long. One stick is 41 cm long. How long is the other stick?
Answer: ______________ cm
9A rope is 22 meters long. A string is 11 meters long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ meters
10Aiden cut 10 meters off a ribbon. Now the ribbon is 3 meters long. How long was it at first?
Answer: ______________ meters
11Benny the Bear builds a train of blocks 14 meters long, then adds 3 meters more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ meters
12Omar has a ribbon 94 feet long and cuts off 87 feet. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ feet
Answer key: Length stories
- 1. 41 inches
- 2. 19 cm
- 3. 8 feet
- 4. 53 cm
- 5. 86 meters
- 6. 50 feet
- 7. 7 feet
- 8. 18 cm
- 9. 11 meters
- 10. 13 meters
- 11. 17 meters
- 12. 7 feet
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