Addition word problems
Grade 2 Word Problems Worksheet
1. Lucy went to the grocery store. She bought 12
packs of cookies and 16 packs of noodles. How
many packs of groceries did she buy in all?
2. Roden went to a pet shop. He bought 15 gold
fish, 7 blue fish and 3 packages of fish food. How
many fish did he buy?
3. I read 21 pages of my English book yesterday in
just 45 minutes. Today, I read 117 pages. What is
the total number of pages that I read?
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4. In a school, there are 542 girls and 387 boys. How
many pupils are there in that school?
5. Linda has 34 candies. Chloe has 128. How many
candies do they have together?
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1. Jose has 28 chickens and 18 ducks. How many
fowls does he have?
2. Gino has 63 popsicle sticks. I have 50 popsicle
sticks. What is the sum of our popsicle sticks?
3. Lino picked up 292 shells at the seashore in the
morning and 324 shells in the afternoon. He also
gathered 14 pieces of driftwood. How many
shells did he pick up in all?
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4. There were 105 parents in the program and 698
pupils. How many people were present in the
program?
5. Last Saturday, Marie sold 425 magazines, 275
newspapers and 14 books. What is the total
number of items she sold?
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1. There are twelve birds on the fence. Eight more
birds land on the fence. How many birds are on
the fence?
2. Twenty-two boys went down the slide in the
morning. In the afternoon, 13 more boys and 16
girls went down the slide. How many kids went
down the slide today?
3. Thirteen ducks are swimming in a lake. Twenty
more ducks and 5 crows come to join them. How
many ducks are swimming in the lake?
4. Thirty dogs are barking. Ten more dogs start to
bark. Then 100 more dogs start barking.
How many dogs are barking?
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5. Bobby ate 26 pieces of candy. Then he ate the
same amount again. How many pieces of candy
did Bobby eat?
6. Sandy had 126 pet fish. She bought 6 more fish.
How many pet fish does Sandy have now?
7. The clown blew up forty-seven balloons. The
other two clowns blew up thirteen more balloons
each. How many balloons do the clowns have
now?
8. Our class borrowed 54 books from the library.
Then we borrowed 23 more books from the
library. How many books did our class borrow
from the library?
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1. Tessa has 4 apples. Anita gave her 5 more. She
needs 10 apples to make a pie. Does she have
enough to make a pie?
2. Julia played tag with 12 kids on Monday. She
played tag with 7 kids on Tuesday and 3 kids on
Wednesday. How many kids did she play with
altogether?
3. When Molly was 14, she had 14 candles on her
birthday cake. 5 girls came to her birthday party
that year. This year, Molly had 6 more candles on
her birthday cake. How old is Molly now?
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4. James ate 20 carrot sticks before dinner and 10
more after dinner. He also had 6 celery sticks.
How many carrot sticks did he eat?
5. Charles found 116 pennies on his way to school.
He also had 142 pennies already at home. How
much money does he now have in all?
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1. Cade had 87 marbles. He gave 18 to Dylan and
6 to Sam. How many does he have left?
2. The aquarium has a lot of fish tanks. They bought
18 more fish and now the aquarium has 149 fish.
How many fish did the aquarium have to begin
with?
3. Alyssa had 129 cookies. Aiyanna has 140 cookies
and 34 crackers. How many more cookies does
Aiyanna have than Alyssa?
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4. Daniel had some noodles. He gave 12 noodles to
William. Now Daniel only has 54 noodles. How
many noodles did Daniel have to begin with?
5. Hayley had 25 meatballs and 6 potatoes on her
plate. Kirsten stole some of her meatballs. Now
Hayley has 11 meatballs on her plate. How many
meatballs did Kirsten steal?
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1. Isabella’s hair is 185 millimeters long. If she gets a
haircut and now her hair is 44 millimeters long,
how much of Isabella’s hair got cut off?
2. Natalie’s hair is 18 inches long. By the end of the
year her hair is 24 inches long. How much hair did
she grow?
3. Jovana had 5 pounds of shells in her bucket. She
added 64 shells and now has 185 pounds of
shells. How many pounds did she add?
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4. Isha’s pencil was 31 inches long. After she
sharpens it, it is 14 inches long. How much did she
sharpen off of her pencil?
5. Bertha’s pencil is 22 inches long. If she sharpens
two inches off on Monday and two inches on
Tuesday and three inches on Wednesday, how
long will her pencil be then?
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1. Mrs. Sheridan has 11 cats. How many more cats
does Mrs. Sheridan need to have 43 cats?
2. Mrs. Sheridan has 11 cats. Mrs. Garrett has 24
cats. How many more cats does Mrs. Garrett
have than Mrs. Sheridan?
3. Mrs. Wong had 332 flowers in her garden. She
picked 21 of them and gave them to 4 friends.
How many flowers does she have left?
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4. Mrs. Franklin had 58 Valentines. Mrs. Franklin gave
some to her students. Now she has 16. How many
Valentines did Mrs. Franklin give to her students?
5. Mrs. Snyder made 86 heart cookies. She made 36
red cookies, 6 brown cookies and the rest are
pink. How many pink cookies did she make?
6. Mrs. Santiago has 3 tulips and 58 red roses. Mrs.
Garrett has 24 roses but no tulips. How many
more red roses and tulips does Mrs. Santiago
have than Mrs. Garrett?
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1. Mr. Greyson collected 122 eggs from his mini
farm on Monday, but 30 of them had cracks.
How many of the eggs can be delivered to the
market?
2. Mr. Greyson has 150 laying hens and 73 roosters.
He collected eggs from 122 hens on Monday.
How many hens did not lay eggs on that day?
3. This week, Mr. Greyson collected 36 trays of eggs
and 22 bottles of milk. He sold 28 trays of eggs.
How many trays of eggs are left?
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4. Yesterday, Justin bought 13 more goats for his
farm. His farm now has 74 goats in total. How
many goats were there before yesterday?
5. Six months ago, Justin had 137 chicks. 75 of them
became hens, while 14 chicks did not survive,
and the rest became roosters. How many chicks
grew into roosters?
6. Mr. Greyson filled 62 buckets with feed. He
already gave 18 buckets of feed to the roosters,
and the rest are for the hens. How many more
buckets of feed do the hens get compared to
the roosters?
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1. 12 + 16 = 28
She bought 28 packs of groceries in all.
2. 15 + 7 = 22
He bought 22 fish.
3. 21 + 117 = 138
You read 138 pages.
4. 542 + 387 = 929
There are 929 pupils in the school.
5. 34 + 128 = 162
They have 162 candies in all.
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1. 28 + 18 = 46
He has 46 fowls in all.
2. 63 + 50 = 113
The sum of the popsicle sticks is 113.
3. 292 + 324 = 616
He picked up 616 shells in all.
4. 105 + 698 = 803
There were 803 people present in the program.
5. 425 + 275 + 14 = 714
She sold 714 items.
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1. 12 + 8 = 20
There are 20 birds on the fence.
2. 22 + 13 + 16= 41
51 kids went down the slide.
3. 13 + 20 = 33
33 ducks are swimming in the lake.
4. 30 + 10 + 100 = 140
140 dogs are barking.
5. 26 + 26 = 52
Bobby ate 52 pieces of candy.
6. 126 + 6 = 132
Sandy has 132 pet fish now.
7. 47 + 13 + 13 = 73
The clowns have 73 balloons now.
8. 54 + 23 = 77
Our class borrowed 77 books from the library.
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1. 4+5=9
She needs 10 apples but only has 9.
She does not have enough to make a pie.
2. 12 + 7 + 3 = 22
She played with 22 kids altogether.
3. 14 + 6 = 20
Molly is 20 years old now.
4. 20 + 10 = 30
He ate 30 carrot sticks.
5. 116 + 142 = 258
He now has 258 cents in all.
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1. 87 – 18 – 6 = 63
Cade has 63 marbles left.
2. 149 – 18 = 131
The aquarium had 31 fish to begin with.
3. 140 – 129 = 11
She has 11 more cookies.
4. 54 + 12 = 66
Daniel had 66 noodles to begin with.
5. 25 – 11 = 14
Kirsten stole 14 meatballs.
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1. 185 – 44 = 141
141 millimeters of Isabella’s hair got cut off.
2. 24 – 18 = 6
Her hair grew 6 inches.
3. 185 – 5 = 180
She added 180 pounds.
4. 31 – 14 = 17
She sharpened off 17 inches.
5. 22 – 2 – 2 – 3 = 15
Her pencil will be 15 inches long.
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1. 43 – 11 = 32
She needs 32 more cats.
2. 24 – 11 = 13
She has 13 more cats.
3. 332 – 21 = 311
She has 311 left.
4. 58 – 16 = 42
She gave her students 42 Valentines.
5. 86 – 36 – 6 = 44
She made 44 pink cookies.
6. 58 – 24 = 34
3–0=3
She has 34 more roses and 3 more tulips.
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1. 122 – 30 = 92
Mr. Greyson has 92 eggs that can be delivered to the
market.
2. 150 – 122 = 28
28 hens did not lay eggs on Monday.
3. 36 – 28 = 8
There are 8 trays of eggs left.
4. 74 – 13 = 61
Before yesterday, Justin had 61 goats.
5. 137 – 75 – 14 = 48
48 chicks grew into roosters.
6. 62 – 18 = 44
44 – 18 = 26
The hens get 26 more buckets of feed than the
roosters.
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