Second Grade Word Problems

Word Problems 1

100

Madison had 38 crayons in her box. Her best friend gave her 24 more. How many crayons does she have now?

62

200

Max made 89 cupcakes. Her family ate 60 cupcakes. How many cupcakes does she have now?

29

300

Kim scored 30 points in a basketball game. Adam scored 10 fewer points than Kim. How many points did Adam score?

20

400

Yesterday, the Pizza Palace sold 120 sodas. Today it sold 94 sodas. How many fewer sodas did the Pizza Palace sell today than yesterday?

26

500

Miss Ferreira's class read 62 books. Mr. MacKenzie's class read 54 books. Mrs. B's class read 50 books. How many books did the second grade read all together?

166

Word Problems 2

100

There were some people on a bus. 22 people got off the bus. Now there are 14 people on the bus. How many people were on the bus to start?

36

200

Mrs. Smith's class has 26 children. Mrs. White's class has 19 children. How many more children does Mrs. Smith have than Mrs. White?

7

300

Ashley has 47 cookies. Her friend has 23 cookies. How many cookies do they have all together?

70

400

Jordan has 57 toy cars. Dina has 23 toy cars. How many MORE toy cars does Jordan have than Dina?

34

500

Evan has 89 summer reading books. Dina has 75 summer reading books. How many summer reading books do they have all together?

164

Word Problems 3

100

Tom has 42 toy cars. Matt has 39 toy cars. How many toy cars do they have all together?

81

200

Miss Glenn bought 84 pencils. She passed out 47 of them. How many pencils does she have left?

37

300

Emily had 76 silly bands. Her friend gave her some more silly bands. Now she has 145 silly bands. How many silly bands did her friend give her?

69

400

The second grade class had 114 candy bars. They sold 70. How many candy bars do they have left?

44

500

There are 8 cars in the garage. How many tires are on all the cars?

32

Word Problems 4

100

Alexis had 53 cookies. She ate 20 of them. How many cookies does Alexis have lef?

33

200

Sara has 82 magazines. She gave some to her sister. Now she has 45 magazines. How many magazines did she give to her sister?

37

300

There are 38 children on a bus. Some more people get on the bus. Now there are 105 people on the bus. How many people got on the bus?

67

400

Mrs. Shaw wants to sell 100 tickets to the variety show. On Monday she sold 20 and on Tuesday she sold 32. How many more tickets will she need to sell if she wants to sell 100?

48

500

Dr. Prout has 199 blue and yellow fish in her fish tank. She has 87 yellow fish. How many blue fish does she have?

18