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Word Problems 2nd Grade

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Miss Fanuous wrote a number sentence on the board:

________ - 120 = 330.

Which word problem could Miss Fanouse use to solve the number sentence?

a)

Ana is reading a book. She has read 120 pages. She still needs to

read 330 more pages. How many pages are in the book?

b)

Ana is reading a book that is 330 pages. She has read 120 pages.

How many pages does Ana have left to finish reading the book?

c)

Ana read 330 pages of her book the first week. The book is 120

pages. How many pages does Ana have left to finish reading the

book?

2.

Look at the addition number sentence below.

449 + _______ = 648

Which word problem could be solved using the number sentence above?

a)

Junior’s father works for a company that is building a highway. When he started, they had already built 449 miles of the highway. Since Junior’s father started working, they have built 648 more miles of the highway. How many miles has the company built altogether?

b)

Juniors’s father works for a company that is building a highway. When he started, they had already built 648 miles of the highway. Now they have completed 449 miles of the highway. How many miles has he company built since Junior’s father started working for them?

c)

Junior’s father works for a company that is building a highway. When he started, they had already built 449 miles of the highway. Now they have completed 648 miles of the highway. How many miles has the company built since Junior’s father started working for them?

3.

Jeffery has 15 markers and 7 crayons. How many more markers than crayons does Jeffery have?

a)

6

b)

8

c)

22

d)

9

4.

In a school library there are 282 fiction books and 158 non-fiction books.

The Mrs. Wetherington counted 33 books checked out. What is the total number of books in the school library that are not checked out?

a)

91 books

b)

473 books

c)

407 books

5.

There are 22 students in the classroom. Some students left for the OLC. Now there are 11 students in the classroom. How many students left for the OLC?

a)

11 students

b)

33 students

c)

12 students

6.

Reed had some baseball cards in an album. He gave away 131 cards. Now he has 372 cards in his album. Reed made a strip diagram to model the number of cards he started with.


Which set of number sentences shows how Reed found the number of cards he started with?

a)

__ = 131 + 372

372 + 131 = 503

b)

__ + 131 = 372

372 + 131 = 530

c)

__ – 131 = 372

372 - 131 = 241

7.

A fire truck has twice as many wheels as Lee’s tricycle. His tricycle has 3 wheels. How many wheels does the fire truck have?

a)

3 wheels

b)

5 wheels

c)

6 wheels

8.

Mrs. Meyer has 15 friends. She can only take eight of her friends to the movies. How many friends cannot go to the movies?

a)

0 friends

b)

7 friends

c)

8 friends

d)

15 friends

9.

Audrina picked 4 flowers in her backyard. Her brother picked six more flowers. How many did Audrina and her brother pick in all?

a)

9

b)

2

c)

8

d)

10

10.

Ben has 15 pencils, Bryce has twelve pencils. How many fewer pencils does Bryce have than Ben?

a)

4 pencils

b)

7 pencils

c)

3 pencils

d)

1 pencils

11.

There were 7 flowers in the vase. Amarachi put some more in the vase. Then there were 15 flowers in the vase. How many more flowers did Amarachi put into the vase?

a)

7 flowers

b)

8 flowers

c)

22 flowers

d)

17 flowers