Second Grade Word Problems

1 step word problems

100

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

62

200

Miss Ferreira's class read 62 books. Mr. MacKenzie's class read 24 books.  How many books did the second grade read all together?

86

300

Evan has 34 summer reading books. Dina has 59 summer reading books. How many summer reading books do they have all together?

93

400

There are some birds in a tree. Then 13 more birds flew into the tree. Now there are 21 birds in the tree. Write a number sentence to show this problem.

_____ + 13 = 21

500

Yesterday, the Pizza Palace sold 82 sodas. Today it sold 50 sodas. How many fewer sodas did the Pizza Palace sell today than yesterday?

32

start unknown

100

Tom has some toy cars. Matt has 39 toy cars. They have 112 toy cars altogether. How many cars does Tom have?

73

200

Miss Glenn bought some pencils. She passed out 47 of them. Now she has 13 left. How many pencils did Miss Glenn have before she passed some out?

60

300

Emily had 76 silly bands. Her friend gave her some more silly bands. Now she has 97 silly bands. How many silly bands did her friend give her?

21

400

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

20

500

A class needs some more stars to have a pizza party. The class earned 27 stars in March. Now they have 64 stars  How many stars did the have to start?

37

result unknown

100

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

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

Tim has 19 markers. Dave has 6 more markers than Tim. Write a number sentence that shows how many markers Dave has.

19 + 6 = _____

500

The band wants to sell 97 tickets to the concert. They sold 35. How many more tickets will they need to sell?

62

change unknown

100

Max made 89 cupcakes. His family ate some of the cupcakes for his birthday. Now Max has 73 cupcakes left. How many cupcakes did his family eat?

16

200

The second grade class had 100 candy bars. They sold 45. How many candy bars do they have left?

55

300

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

400

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

500

TRICK or TREAT: There are 8 cars in the garage. How many tires are on all the cars?

32