Second Grade Word Problems

Write a number sentence

100

Madison had 12 crayons in her box. Her best friend gave her 7 more. How many crayons does she have now?

19

200

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

19 + 6 = _____

300

Lilly has 12 fish. Jack has 5 more fish than Lillie. Write an equation to show how many Jack has.

12 + 5 = ???

400

15 friends go to the movies. They have 8 tickets. Write an equation to show how many more tickets they need. 

15-8 = ???

500

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

1 Step Word Problems

100

Ashley has 16 cookies. Her friend has 6 cookies. How many cookies do they have all together?

22

200

Dr. Prout has 105 blue and yellow fish in her fish tank. She has 87 yellow fish. How many blue fish does she have?

18

300

Evan has 29 summer reading books. Dina has 75 summer reading books. How many summer reading books do they have all together?

104

400

Tom draws 7 pictures. Gina draws 4 pictures. How many pictures did they draw in all?

11

500

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

29

2 Step Word Problems

100

Tom has 42 toy cars. He lost 12 of them. His friend gave me 10 more. How many toy cars does he have now?

40

200

Miss Glenn bought 84 pencils. She passed out 47 of them. She bought 20 more. How many pencils does she have now?

57

300

Emily had 84 grapes. She ate 25 of them on Friday and 22 on Saturday. How many grapes does she have left?

37

400

Kim scored 30 points in a basketball game on Wednesday, 38  on Friday, and 27 on Saturday. How many points did Adam score altogether?

95

500

The team had 24 players. Then 8 of them quit. After that 12 more joined. How many players does the team have now?

28

More than two addends

100

I collected 10 rocks on Tuesday, 19 rocks on Thursday, and 15 on Friday. How many rocks did I collect in all?

44

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

Alexis had 53 pennies. She got 33 more on Thursday and 26 more on Friday. How many pennies does Alexis have now?

112

500

Miss Hacker's class read 62 books. Mr. Blascow's class read 54 books. Ms.Strausbaugh's class read 50 books. How many books did the second grade read all together?

166

How many More or Fewer

100

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

200

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

34

300

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

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

Miss Newbold's class earned 55 blue cards. Mrs. Rucker's class earned 36 blue cards. How many fewer blue cards did Mrs.Rucker's class earn than Miss Newbold's?

19