Grade 2 Word Problems: Addition word problems

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What students practice: Add/subtract story problems within 100, including compare and unknown-position types.

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Grade 2 · Word Problems

Addition Word Problems

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Example problems by difficulty

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Easy

There are 31 toy cars in the play corner. Later, 34 more were added. How many toy cars are there now?
Answer: 65
A box has 13 balloons. Then 41 more are added. How many balloons are there now?
Answer: 54

Standard

A classroom library has 40 library books. Later, 12 library books were added. How many library books are there now?
Answer: 52
Our school has 93 erasers. Then 79 erasers were added. How many erasers are there now?
Answer: 172

Challenge

There are 86 glue sticks on a desk. There are 57 glue sticks in a box. How many glue sticks are there in all?
Answer: 143
Our school has 66 notebooks. Later, 99 notebooks were added. How many notebooks are there now?
Answer: 165

Where this skill fits

Next skill: Subtraction word problems
All grades: Word Problems worksheets, Grades 1–5
Same skill in Grade 3: Grade 3 Word Problems: Addition word problems
Same skill in Grade 4: Grade 4 Word Problems: Addition word problems
Same skill in Grade 5: Grade 5 Word Problems: Addition word problems

Related Common Core standards

2.OA.A.1 — Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems.

The task matches what these standards describe at this grade. Common Core–informed practice; not a claim of official alignment.