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Story problems to 100: 2nd grade math

One- and two-step word problems within 100. A free 2nd grade lesson plan, a question set with answers and a printable sheet with its key. Copy it and make it yours.

Lesson plan

Goal

  • Students can do this: one- and two-step word problems within 100.

Teach (10 min)

  • Write the number sentence with a ? for the missing number.
  • Add to find a total. Subtract to find a part or a difference.
  • Work one example on the board while students say each step aloud, then do one together.

Practise (15 min)

  • Students work the printable sheet in pairs, then alone.
  • Or practise it as a game with no sign-up: https://peabody.kids/math/numsense.g2_story?lesson=2-numsense-story-1&at=2

Exit ticket (5 min)

  • Three questions on a slip:
  • 1. A big jar has 18 marbles. A small jar has 40 marbles. How many marbles are there in all?
  • 2. The first pond has 19 ducks. The second pond has 22 ducks. How many ducks are there in all?
  • 3. A box has 37 crayons. Then 12 crayons are taken out of the box. How many crayons are left?

Question set

10 questions that read in words, easiest first. Questions that need a picture are on the printable sheet below.

  1. A big jar has 18 marbles. A small jar has 40 marbles. How many marbles are there in all?
  2. The first pond has 19 ducks. The second pond has 22 ducks. How many ducks are there in all?
  3. A box has 37 crayons. Then 12 crayons are taken out of the box. How many crayons are left?
  4. A team has 48 members. A club has 13 members. How many more members does the team have than the club?
  5. A tall stack has 74 cards. A short stack has 63 cards. How many more cards does the tall stack have than the short stack?
  6. A shelf has 83 books. Then 15 books are taken off the shelf. How many books are left?
  7. A pond has 34 ducks. Then 41 more ducks swim over to the pond. How many ducks are there now?
  8. A shelf has 36 books. Then 22 books are taken off the shelf. How many books are left?
  9. The left pocket has 23 coins. The right pocket has 36 coins. How many coins are there in all?
  10. A team has 26 members. A club has 13 members. How many more members does the team have than the club?
Answers
  1. 58
  2. 41
  3. 25
  4. 35
  5. 11
  6. 68
  7. 75
  8. 14
  9. 59
  10. 13

Printable sheet

Name: ____________________   Date: ____________

Story problems to 100 (2nd grade)

  1. One basket has 31 apples. Another basket has 32 apples. How many apples are there in all?
  2. A big jar has 43 marbles. A small jar has 31 marbles. How many marbles are there in all?
  3. A bus has 62 riders. Then 25 more riders get on the bus. How many riders are there now?
  4. A bus has 69 riders. Then 14 more riders get on the bus. How many riders are there now?
  5. A team has 67 members. A club has 29 members. How many more members does the team have than the club?
  6. A jar has 88 marbles. Then 22 marbles are taken out of the jar. How many marbles are left?
  7. A bus has 69 riders. Then 45 riders get off the bus. How many riders are left?
  8. A jar has 30 marbles. Then 14 more marbles are dropped into the jar. How many marbles are there now?
  9. A pond has 16 ducks. Then 11 more ducks swim over to the pond. How many ducks are there now?
  10. A long fence has 37 boards. A short fence has 28 boards. How many more boards does the long fence have than the short fence?
  11. A short fence has 20 boards. The long fence has 28 more boards than the short fence. How many boards does the long fence have?
  12. A team has 68 members. A club has 46 members. How many more members does the team have than the club?
Key
  1. 63
  2. 74
  3. 87
  4. 83
  5. 38
  6. 66
  7. 24
  8. 44
  9. 27
  10. 9
  11. 48
  12. 22

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