Grade 2 Word Problems: Subtraction 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

Subtraction Word Problems

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Set 1 · Grade 2 · Word Problems

Example problems by difficulty

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Easy

A class has 42 students. Of these, 14 walk to school. The rest ride the bus. How many students ride the bus?
Answer: 28
A class has 20 students. Of these, 11 walk to school. The rest ride the bus. How many students ride the bus?
Answer: 9

Standard

Tobias has 63 paper clips. Tobias gives away 21. How many paper clips does Tobias have left?
Answer: 42
A shelf has 66 marbles. Then 47 are taken out. How many marbles are left?
Answer: 19

Challenge

A basket has 88 carrots. Then 86 are taken out. How many carrots are left?
Answer: 2
There are 85 beads. Of these, 59 are red. The rest are blue. How many beads are blue?
Answer: 26

Where this skill fits

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