Addition
Subtraction
2 Step Problems
addition/subtraction
100
Jordan finds 13 big shells and 6 small shells at the beach. Find the total number of shells he found.
What is 19
100
Geeyah saw 15 dogs at the park. 9 were big dogs. The rest were small. Find the number of small dogs.
What is 6
100
The cookie jar had 8 Oreos and 7 chocolate chip cookies. If Shailyn ate 3 cookies, the number of cookies left in the jar is ____.
What is 12 cookies
100

15 + 12 + 3

30

200
Riley read for 30 minutes on Tuesday and 25 minutes on Wednesday. Tell the number sentence that will tell how many minutes she read in all. ____+_____=_____
What is 30+25=55
200
If you are allowed to play video games for 45 minutes, and you already played for 23 minutes, you can play this much longer.
What is 22 minutes
200
At the party, there were 15 red balloons, 8 white balloons, and 9 silver balloons. There are ____ more white and silver balloons than red balloons.
What is 2
200

45 - 24 

21

300
The number of people at Geeyah's party, if 17 people ate hamburgers, and 18 people ate hot dogs.
What is 35
300
Ryan rode his bike for 52 minutes. Carmine rode his bike for 38 minutes. Find how much longer Ryan rode his bike.
What is 14 minutes
300
There are 76 children in second grade. If 68 second graders had came to school on Thursday, and 73 came to school on Tuesday, there were _______ absences over the 2 days.
What is 11
300

324 + 61

385

400
The total time Tyler stood in lines at the carnival if he waited 18 minutes for the first ride, 7 minutes for the second ride, 24 minutes for the third ride, and 11 minutes for the last ride
What is 60 minutes (or 1 hour)
400
Tell how you could decompose 18 to solve 44-18.
What is break down 18 into 10 and 8, and then break 8 into 4 and 4
400
Brendan's dad bought 85 turkey and tuna hoagies for a party. People ate 38 turkey hoagies and 37 tuna hoagies. There were _____ hoagies leftover.
What is 10 hoagies
400

298 - 56

242

500
21 flowers in Morgan's garden bloomed. Some did not bloom yet. If Morgan planted 50 flowers, _____+_____=_____ can show how many flowers did not bloom yet.
What is 21+29=50 or 29+21=50
500
Caitlyn had $71. If she spent some money on clothes at Justice and only has $29 left, this is how much she spent on clothes.
What is $42
500
It snowed 18 inches yesterday and then another 13 inches this morning. Then it rained and some snow melted. If there is still 25 inches of snow, _______ inches melted.
What is 6 inches
500

253 + 186

439

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