2nd Grade Word Problems
Katia invited 14 friends to her birthday party. Five of the friends were from her soccer team. The rest are friends from camp. How many friends from camp did Katia invite?
What is 9 friends are from camp
Aarya made two giant chocolate chip cookies. She had 50 chocolate chips. She counted 29 chips in one cookie. How many chocolate chips are in the other cookie?
What is 21 chocolate chips
Gomidas has a big spelling test coming up. He must learn 35 words. On Monday he learned 12 words. On Tuesday he learned 9 words. How many more words must he learn?
What is 14 more words
Mr. Afarian put 413 miles on his brand new car in 2001. In 2002, he put another 587 miles on his car. How many miles are on his car now?
What is 1000 miles
Owen loved model cars. He received 12 for his birthday last year, 15 for his birthday this year, and he bought 6 model cars with his own money. He gave 1 car to his dad for Father's Day and 2 to his brother. How many model cars does he have now?
What is 30 model cars
Gomidas and Maria planted 16 tulips in the garden; 5 tulips have bloomed. How many tulips have not bloomed?
What is 11 have not bloomed
Alex has a bin of 41 tennis balls. He served for 10 minutes and then went to pick up the balls. There were 18 balls left in his bin. How many balls did he serve in 10 minutes?
What is 23 balls
Suren collected 16 pieces of wood for his fort. Mrs. Smith gave him 7 pieces. Mr. Smith gave him 5 pieces. He got the rest from his garage. How many pieces did he get from his garage?
What is 4 pieces
On July 4th, the CKACS sold 298 tickets. On July 5th, they sold 98 tickets. How many more tickets did they sell on July 5th than on July 4th?
What is 200 tickets
Sevan and her mom went to the movies. Sevan's ticket cost $3.50 and her mom's ticket cost $5.50. Her mom paid with a $20.00 bill. How much change should she get back?
What is $11.00
Suren wanted to hand out lollipops for his birthday treat. There are 27 children in his class plus Mrs. Bohan's class. Suren has 19 lollipops. How many more would he need to have enough for everyone?
What is 8 more lollipops
Mireille is selling tickets for the local carnival. She started with 35 tickets. Now she has 4 tickets. How many tickets did she sell?
What is 31 tickets
Emily wants to collect 36 newspapers for the recycling drive. She found 12 newspapers at her house. She collected 10 newspapers from neighbors. How many more newspapers does she need to reach her goal?
What is 14 newspapers
Isabella was headed to Washington D.C. It takes a total of 3,000 miles for her to get there from her house. She drives 400 miles and then has to stop and take a break. How many more miles does she have left to arrive in Washington D.C.?
What is 2600 more miles
The T-shirt Shop had 50 blue t-shirts. It sold 14 blue t-shirts on Tuesday and 17 blue t-shirts on Wednesday. How many blue shirts does the T-shirt Shop have left to sell?
What is 19 blue t-shirts
Arman rode his bike to his cousin's house. His cousin lives 15 miles away. He rode 6 miles before taking a break. How much more did he ride after his break before arriving at his cousin's house?
What is 9 more miles
Arax races on inline skates. Her first race was 50 kilometers. Her second race was 26 kilometers. How many kilometers did she race in all?
What is 76 kilometers
Arman had 30 cups of lemonade at his stand when he started. At 8:30, Arman sold 9 cups of lemonade, and at 9:00 he sold 15 cups. How many cups does he have now?
What is 6 cups
Maria and Suren want to go to a San Francisco Giants game. The stadium holds 62,000 fans. The San Francisco Giants has already sold 59,670 tickets. How many more seats are available?
What is 2,330 more seats
There were 14 people in line at Tony's Tacos. 5 people were served and left the line. 6 new people got in line. How many people are in line now?
What is 15 people
Owen can juggle the soccer ball 15 times. His friend Daniel can juggle, too. Owen and Daniel juggle a total of 45 times. How many times did Daniel juggle the ball?
What is 30 times
Sevan started with 22 marbles in her bag. She gave her friend Araks some marbles. She now has 14 marbles. How many marbles did she give to her friend Araks?
What is 8 marbles
You want to find the perfect birthday card for your uncle Pavlov. There are 3,569 different cards from which to choose. 794 of the cards are not for birthdays. 1,465 of the cards are for people other than uncles. How many cards are left from which you can choose?
What is 1,310 cards
Katia wants to make some cookies. She needs 2 eggs, 2 sticks of butter, 1 and 1/2 cups of sugar, and 2 and 1/4 cups of flour. She has all of the ingredients except only has 3/4 cups of flour. How many more cups of flour does she need?
What is 1 and 1/2 cups?
Mrs. Smith's class had 48 brand new pencils. 24 were passed out to students and another 12 are in the "sharp" cup. What fraction of new pencils does she still have?
What is 12/48 or 1/4?