Sweaters
Mrs. Miller was knitting a sweater. It was 2 inches long to start. She added another 13 inches of pink yarn. Then, Mrs. Miller added some inches of purple yarn. Her scarf is now 22 inches long. How many inches of purple yarn did she knit?
What is 7 inches?
Mrs. Ruscher is knitting a blanket. It was 20 inches long. She made a mistake and had to pull out 5 inches. Then, she knitted another 15 inches. How many inches long is Mrs. Ruscher’s blanket now?
What is 30 inches?
Mx. Duwve is knitting a scarf. It was 3 feet long. She made a mistake and had to pull out 2 feet. Then, she knitted another 2 feet. How many feet long is Mx. Duwve’s scarf now?
What is 3 feet?
Second graders had a ribbon that was 120 inches long. They cut 45 inches for Ms. Green’s class and 37 inches for Mr. Lee’s class. How many inches of ribbon are left?
What is 38 inches?
Mrs. Patel’s class made a paper chain. They made 6 meters on Monday and 9 meters on Tuesday. On Wednesday they removed some meters and the chain is now 10 meters long. How many meters did they remove?
What is 5 meters?
Mrs. Shearin was knitting a sweater. It was 6 inches to start. She knitted 5 more inches of purple yarn to the sweater. Then, Mrs. Shearin knitted some more inches of yellow yarn to the sweater. The sweater is now 21 inches long. How many inches of yellow yarn did she add to the sweater?
What is 10 inches?
Mrs. Lewis was knitting a baby blanket on Sunday. When she started knitting the blanket it was already 3 inches long. She knitted another 10 inches. Then she realized she made a mistake and had to pull out some of the knitting. Her blanket is now 9 inches long. How many inches of knitting did Mrs. Lewis have to pull out?
What is 4 inches?
Mrs. Fox was knitting a scarf. It was 6 inches long to start. She added another 6 inches of orange yarn. Then, Mrs. Fox added some inches of brown yarn. Her scarf is now 24 inches long. How many inches of brown yarn did she add to the scarf?
What is 12 inches?
A string was 95 inches long. Students used 26 inches for one project and 39 inches for another project. How many inches of string are left?
What is 30 inches?
A class built a paper chain. They made 5 meters on Monday and 7 meters on Tuesday. On Wednesday they took some off and the chain is now 8 meters long. How many meters did they take off?
What is 4 meters?
Mrs. Plotkin was knitting a sweater. It was 20 centimeters to start. She knitted 10 more centimeters of black yarn to the sweater. Then, she knitted some more centimeters of white yarn to the sweater. The sweater is now 50 centimeters long. How many centimeters of white yarn did Mrs. Plotkin add to the sweater?
What is 20 centimeters?
Ms. Rodgers is knitting a blanket. It was 15 inches long. She made a mistake and had to pull out 7 inches. Then, she knitted another 12 inches. How many inches long is her blanket now?
What is 20 inches?
Ms. Gilmore was knitting a doll's scarf. It was 2 cm. long to start. She added another 5 cm. of gold yarn. Then, Ms. Gilmore added some cm. of silver yarn. Her scarf is now 16 cm. long. How many cm. of silver yarn did she add?
What is 9 cm?
A rope was 140 inches long. Students cut 50 inches for one group and 46 inches for another group. How many inches of rope are left?
What is 44 inches?
A class made a paper chain. They added 8 meters on Monday and 6 meters on Tuesday. On Wednesday they removed some, and now the chain is 9 meters long. How many meters did they remove?
What is 5 meters?