Grade 2 Word Problems: Comparison 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

Comparison Word Problems

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Example problems by difficulty

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Easy

Team Red has 23 granola bars and Team Blue has 24 granola bars. How many fewer does Team Red have than Team Blue?
Answer: 1
Gabriel counts 11 water bottles. Julian counts 12 water bottles. How many fewer water bottles did Gabriel count than Julian?
Answer: 1

Standard

Oak School has 24 picture books and Pine School has 56 picture books. How many fewer does Oak School have than Pine School?
Answer: 32
Oak School collected 50 water bottles. Pine School collected 58 water bottles. How many fewer water bottles did Oak School collect than Pine School?
Answer: 8

Challenge

Team Red collected 87 erasers. Team Blue collected 96 erasers. How many fewer erasers did Team Red collect than Team Blue?
Answer: 9
Class A has 88 carrots. Class B has 67 carrots. How many more carrots does Class A have than Class B?
Answer: 21

Where this skill fits

Previous skill: Subtraction word problems
Next skill: Missing-number word problems
All grades: Word Problems worksheets, Grades 1–5

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.