Stories with adding and taking away, set C: free Grade 2 maths worksheet

Grade 2 · Set C · Side 1 of 2

Stories with adding and taking away

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1Zoe had 61 shells. She gave some away. Now she has 9 shells. How many shells did she give away?Answer working

2Zoe's brother has 66 shells. He has 15 fewer than Zoe. How many shells does Zoe have?Answer working

3Zoe's brother has 23 shells. He has 21 fewer than Zoe. How many shells does Zoe have?Answer working

4Zoe has 62 shells. Her brother has 8 fewer. Then he gives 34 away. How many shells does her brother have now?Answer working

5Zoe has 30 shells. Her brother has 67 more than her. How many shells does her brother have?Answer working

6Zoe has 39 shells. Her brother has 19 shells. How many more shells does Zoe have than her brother?Answer working

7Zoe had 7 shells. She found some more. Now she has 44 shells. Which number sentence finds how many more she found?

7 + 44 = ?? − 7 = 447 + ? = 44

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8Zoe had some shells. She gave 6 away. Now she has 34 shells. Which number sentence finds how many Zoe had at the start?

? + 6 = 3434 − 6 = ?? − 6 = 34

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9Zoe has 58 shells. 12 are in the bucket. The rest are in the box. How many shells are in the box?Answer working

10Zoe has 36 shells. 9 are in the bucket and 13 are in the box. The rest are on the shelf. How many shells are on the shelf?Answer working

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Grade 2 · Set C · Side 2 of 2

Stories with adding and taking away

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11Zoe has 93 shells. Her brother has 8 fewer. Then he gives 15 away. How many shells does her brother have now?Answer working

12Zoe has 87 shells in the bucket. She has 13 shells in the box. Then she gives 18 away. How many shells does Zoe have now?Answer working

13Zoe has 9 shells. She finds 15 more. How many shells does Zoe have now?Answer working

14Zoe has 43 shells in the bucket. She has 14 shells in the box. Then she finds 16 more. How many shells does Zoe have now?Answer working

15Zoe has 74 shells. 8 are in the bucket and 44 are in the box. The rest are on the shelf. How many shells are on the shelf?Answer working

16Zoe had 47 shells. She gave some away. Now she has 27 shells. How many shells did she give away?Answer working

17Zoe had 20 shells. She found some more. Now she has 45 shells. How many more shells did she find?Answer working

18Zoe had some shells. She found 38 more. Now she has 66 shells. How many shells did Zoe have at the start?Answer working

19Zoe has 73 shells. Her brother has 37 fewer. Then he finds 26 more. How many shells does her brother have now?Answer working

20Zoe has 39 shells. Her brother has 19 fewer. Then he gives 12 away. How many shells does her brother have now?Answer working

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