Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

Anu has 16 blocks. 9 are red and the rest are blue. How many blocks are blue?

• 7 blue blocks

• 6 blue blocks

• 5 blue blocks

• 4 blue blocks

Tags

CCSS.2.NBT.B.5

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

CCSS.2.OA.B.2

There are 20 animals in the zoo. 14 are bears and the rest are tigers. How many of the animals are tigers?

• 8 tigers

• 14 tigers

• 34 tigers

• 6 tigers

Tags

CCSS.2.NBT.B.5

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

CCSS.2.OA.B.2

Ethan has 15 jelly beans and Gemma has 8 jelly beans. How many fewer jelly beans does Gemma have than Ethan?

• 6 jelly beans

• 7 jelly beans

• 23 jelly beans

• 8 jelly beans

Tags

CCSS.2.NBT.B.5

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

CCSS.2.OA.B.2

There are seventeen students in Mrs. Smith's second grade class. If eight of them are girls, how many students are boys?

• 17 boys

• 8 boys

• 9 boys

• 7 boys

Tags

CCSS.2.NBT.B.5

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

CCSS.2.OA.B.2

Olivia read 2 books on Monday, 3 books on Tuesday, and 4 books on Wednesday. How many books did she read in all?

• 5 books

• 7 books

• 9 books

• 10 books

Tags

CCSS.2.NBT.B.5

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

CCSS.2.OA.B.2

Mrs. Knight and Ms. Carpenter sell flags to raise money for their club. Mrs. Knight sells 457 flags and Ms. Carpenter sells 686 flags.  Who sells more flags? How many more? 

• Mrs. Knight, 229
• Ms. Carpenter, 229
• Mrs. Knight, 219
• Ms. Carpenter, 219 

Tags

CCSS.2.NBT.A.4

CCSS.2.NBT.B.7

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Will had 8 baseballs. Then he got 5 more. How many baseballs does he have now?

• 13 baseballs

• 3 baseballs

• 12 baseballs

• 15 baseballs

Tags

CCSS.2.NBT.B.5

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

CCSS.2.OA.B.2

There were 6 boys on the stairs. Then 7 more boys joined them. How many boys are there altogether?

• 13 boys

• 12 boys

• 14 boys

• 1 boys

Tags

CCSS.2.NBT.B.5

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

CCSS.2.OA.B.2

The temperature was 50 degrees in the afternoon. It was 36 degrees in the evening. How much did the temperature change?

• 14 degrees

• 86 degrees

• 20 degrees

• 26 degrees

Tags

CCSS.2.NBT.B.5

CCSS.2.NBT.B.7

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Mary had 245 cookies. She made 156 more cookies. How many cookies does she have now?

• 111 cookies

• 11 cookies

• 401 cookies

• 89 cookies

Tags

CCSS.2.NBT.A.1

CCSS.2.NBT.A.3

CCSS.2.NBT.B.7

CCSS.2.OA.A.1