πagarwalmath · 2nd grade · Common Core 2.MD.B.5
🎀 Length stories
Length story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Ollie the Owl has a ribbon 88 feet long and cuts off 19 feet. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Lily has a ribbon 25 cm long and cuts off 24 cm. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ cm
3Maya has a ribbon 90 inches long and cuts off 85 inches. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ inches
4Zoe builds a train of blocks 99 meters long, then adds 68 meters more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ meters
5Astro Ana builds a train of blocks 81 meters long, then adds 16 meters more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ meters
6Omar builds a train of blocks 33 inches long, then adds 25 inches more. How long is the train now?
Answer: ______________ inches
7A rope is 75 cm long. A string is 70 cm long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ cm
8A rope is 25 meters long. A string is 12 meters long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ meters
9Captain Nova has a ribbon 14 inches long and cuts off 12 inches. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ inches
10Captain Nova has a ribbon 33 meters long and cuts off 32 meters. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ meters
11A rope is 41 inches long. A string is 26 inches long. How much longer is the rope?
Answer: ______________ inches
12Penny the Panda has a ribbon 10 cm long and cuts off 8 cm. How long is the ribbon now?
Answer: ______________ cm
Answer key: Length stories
- 1. 69 feet
- 2. 1 cm
- 3. 5 inches
- 4. 167 meters
- 5. 97 meters
- 6. 58 inches
- 7. 5 cm
- 8. 13 meters
- 9. 2 inches
- 10. 1 meters
- 11. 15 inches
- 12. 2 cm
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