Word Problem of the Day 2nd Grade

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Word Problem of the Day2nd Grade

• This should begin in January and continue
  throughout the rest of the academic year.

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Day 1

• Melanie has 7 marbles. Diego has 12 marbles. How
  many marbles do Melanie and Diego have in all?

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Day 2

• Yuri has 35 buttons. Ann gives him a bag with 30
  more buttons. How many buttons does Yuri have now?

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Day 3

• Zoey and Kevin collect coins. Zoey has 40 more
  coins than Kevin has. Kevin has 38 coins. How
  many coins does Zoey have?

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Day 4

• Chelsea has some stamps. Liam has 63 stamps.
  Chelsea and Liam have 83 stamps in all. How many
  stamps does Chelsea have?

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Day 5

• Austin had 12 blue blocks and 3 red blocks. His
  dad game him some more blocks. Now Austin has 45
  blocks. How many blocks did Austins dad give him?

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Day 6

• Maya has 27 puzzle pieces. Jason has 50 more
  puzzle pieces than Maya. How many puzzle pieces
  does Jason have?

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Day 7

• Larry had some toys. He got 20 more toys. Now he
  has 54 toys in all. How many toys did Larry have
  to start?

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Day 8

• Pam plays the organ for 45 minutes. She has lunch
  and plays for 30 more minutes. How long does she
  play the organ?

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Day 9

• Mr. Matt collected 39 seashells. Lona collected
  some seashells too. In all, they collected 89
  seashells. How many seashells did Lona collect?

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Day 10

• Danette had 24 model cars and 8 model trucks. Her
  uncle gives her 20 more model cars and trucks.
  How many model cars and trucks in all does
  Danette have now?

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Day 11

• Jack had 22 stamps. He bought 30 more stamps.
  Then his friend gave him 6 stamps. How many
  stamps does Jack have in all?

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Day 12

• There are 19 smiley stickers. Of these, 8 are
  blue. The rest are yellow. How many stickers are
  yellow?

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Day 13

• Marvin has 20 nuts. He ate 5 of them. How many
  nuts were left?

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Day 14

• Hanna had 70 pennies. She used some pennies to
  buy some gum. Then she had 30 pennies left. How
  many pennies did Hanna use?

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Day 15

• Some walnuts were on the table. Zelma ate 10
  walnuts. Then 24 walnuts were left. How many
  walnuts were on the table to start?

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Day 16

• Jan has 20 fewer games than Mr. Darden. Mr.
  Darden has 50 games. How many games does Jan have?

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Day 17

• Lorraine had 18 storybooks and 3 animal books.
  Then she gave away some books. Now she has 19
  books in all. How many books did she give away?

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Day 20

• Kelly had 72 marbles. She sold 30 of her marbles.
  Then her friend Bertha gave her 6 marbles. How
  many marbles does Kelly have in all?

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Day 21

• Amy had some stickers. Her brother gave her 5
  more stickers. Now Amy has 18 stickers. How many
  stickers did Amy start with?

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Day 22

• Chris has some baseball cards. His friend gave
  him 28 more baseball cards. Now Chris has 95
  baseball cards. How many baseball cards did Chris
  start with?

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Day 23

• Some players are on the basketball court. 14
  players left. Then there were 16 players on the
  baseball court. How many players were on the
  basketball court before?

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Day 24

• Linda has 13 more comic books than her friend
  Evan. Linda has 30 comic books. How many comic
  books does Evan have?

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Day 25

• Candace has 23 more shiny rocks than her friend
  Nichole. Candace has 27 shiny rocks. How many
  shiny rocks does Nichole have?

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Day 26

• Carol has 5 fewer books than Cindy. Carol has 7
  books. How many books does Cindy have?

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Day 27

• There are 36 fewer apples in the box than apples
  on the ground. There are 50 apples in the box.
  How many apples are on the ground?

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Day 28

• Bret has 26 butterflies for the Science Fair.
  Cindy brought 38 more butterflies for the Science
  Fair. How many butterflies did they take to the
  science fair?

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Day 29

• Pattys class saw 76 butterflies in the garden.
  Some of the butterflies flew away. Now there are
  49 butterflies in the garden. How many
  butterflies flew away?

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Day 30

• Brittney had 38 balloons. Some popped. Then
  Brittney had 19 balloons. How many balloons
  popped?

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Day 31

• Lindsey has 32 glass marbles and 21 steel
  marbles. How many marbles does Lindsey have?

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Day 32

• Debra has cats, dogs, and fish for pets. She has
  15 pets. She has 10 goldfish and 2 cats. How many
  dogs does Debra have?

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Day 33

• Natalie has 45 sparkle markers. Shannon has 28
  sparkle markers. How many more sparkle markers
  does Natalie have than Shannon?

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Day 44

• Lynne has 19 bottle caps. Ernest has 71 bottle
  caps. How many fewer caps does Lynne have than
  Ernest?

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Day 45

• There were 46 hula hoops on the playground. 20
  were red and 15 were yellow. The rest were blue.
  How many were blue?

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Day 46

• 30 children lined up to jump rope. 9 children
  joined them. 4 children left to get a drink of
  water. How many children were left in line?

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Day 47

• Dad caught 22 fish this morning. He threw 5 back
  because they were too small. He caught 12 more in
  the afternoon. How many fish did Dad have then?

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Day 48

• Charlie ate 48 fried worms. His sister only ate
  32 fried worms. How many worms were they able to
  eat together?

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Day 49

• Lance has 37 Hot Wheels. His friend gave him 29
  more Hot Wheels. How many does he have now?

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Day 50

• Alex read 71 pages of his new book on Saturday.
  There were a total of 99 pages in the whole book.
  How many pages were left to read?

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Day 51

• You got a box of oranges with 97 oranges in it.
  You gave 60 oranges to your friend and your
  family at 15 oranges. How many oranges are left?

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Day 52

• At the park I saw 32 animals. I saw 12 dogs, 15
  squirrels, and some frogs. How many frogs did I
  see?

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Day 53

• A teacher brought 87 slimy snails to school. She
  gave some of them to her students and had 24
  left. How many slimy snails did she give her
  students?

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Day 54

• Brown school had 41 cupcakes and 58 cookies at
  their bake sale. How many cupcakes and cookies
  did they have to sell altogether?

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Day 55

• Shay bought a bag of jellybeans. She ate 27 of
  them. How many jellybeans does she have left?

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Day 56

• The ice cream store had 25 ice cream bars in the
  freezer. There were 29 ice cream bars delivered
  on Monday and 20 ice cream bars delivered on
  Wednesday. How many ice cream bars do they have
  now?

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Day 57

• I spent 25 cents on gum, 9 cents on a pencil, and
  50 cents on a drink. How much money did I spend
  in all?

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Day 58

• An alien landed on Earth and brought 60 booglies
  with him. While he was here he gave 26 of the
  Booglies to his new Earth friends. How many
  Booglies did he have left to take back to his
  planet?

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Day 59

• The circus had 84 balloons to give to kids. Some
  of them got blown away. There are now 52 balloons
  left for the children. How many blew away?

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Day 60

• Yesterday Emma got 75 beads from her mother.
  Today she made a bracelet with 25 beads, and a
  necklace with 30 beads. How many beads does Emma
  have left?

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Day 61

• Juan has 22 red and 22 blue marbles. Jaquavious
  has 19 marbles. How many more marbles does Juan
  have than Jaquavious?

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Day 62

• Johns mom made 59 bug brownies for the school
  bake sale. Carols dad made 38 cricket cookies
  for the bake sale. How many bug goodies did they
  bake in all?

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Day 63

• Dallis has a pink jump rope and a blue jump rope.
  The pink one is 12 feet long and the blue one is
  24 feet long. How long are the jump ropes
  together?

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Day 64

• The total length of 2 ribbons are 36 feet. The
  first ribbon is 24 feet. What is the length of
  the second piece?

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Day 65

• A ladder is 8 ft tall. A step ladder is 3 ft
  shorter. How tall is the step ladder?

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Day 66

• 86 boys and 123 girls are going to a movie. How
  many more girls than boys were going to the movie?

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Day 67

• Liza has a red ribbon that is 100 centimeters
  long. She cuts 36 off of her ribbon. Then she
  joins a blue ribbon, 75 centimeters, to what is
  left of the red. What is the total length of the
  ribbon now?

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Day 68

• A white sheep is 57 inches tall. The white sheep
  is 8 inches taller than the brown sheep. The
  brown sheep is taller than the black sheep by 2
  inches. How tall is the black sheep?

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Day 69

• TJ has a piece of sparkly wrapping paper that is
  400 inches long. He uses 139 inches to wrap a
  vacuum cleaner for a present. Then he gives 65
  inches of the paper to Kim. How long is the piece
  of wrapping paper he has left?

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Day 70

• Alondra buys a game for 39 and a necklace for
  9. She has 50. How much change will she get
  back?

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Day 71

• The Lester family has 600. They spent 110 on
  food and 97 on bills. How much money do they
  have left?

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Day 72

• An eraser costs 19 cents and a pencil costs 34
  cents. Gina buys 2 erasers and a pencil. How much
  money did she spend?

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Day 73

• Jodies blue curtain was 24 inches long. She
  added 18 inches of pink material to the bottom.
  Then what was the total length of the curtain?

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Day 74

• Brad had a board that was 96 centimeters long. He
  cut off a piece that was 18 centimeters long. He
  used the part that was left as a shelf. How long
  was the shelf?

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Day 75

• Marni taped two paper strips together end to end.
  The orange strip measured 17 centimeters. The
  blue strip measured 24 centimeters. What was the
  total length of the long strip?

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Day 76

• LaToya had two pieces of cloth. One piece was 37
  inches long. The other was 26 inches long. Latoya
  joined the pieces to form a banner. What was the
  total length of the banner?

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Day 77

• A bush was 42 inches long. Adam cut 8 inches off
  one end. How many inches long was the bush then?

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Day 78

• Devina has a dotted ribbon that is 47 centimeters
  long. She has a striped ribbon that is 58
  centimeters long. How much longer is the striped
  ribbon than the dotted ribbon?

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Day 79

• Carlos was 36 inches tall when he started school.
  Now, in second grade, he is 45 inches tall. How
  many inches did Carlos grow since he started
  school?

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Day 80

• A tree grew 13 inches last year. It grew 17
  inches this year. How many inches did the tree
  grow over the two years?

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Day 81

• Jonah collected race cars. He had 17 blue cars,
  14 red cars, and 29 green cars. How many cars did
  Jonah have in his collection?

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Day 82

• Marissa had a pencil box full of pencils. She
  gave Julie 23 pencils. That left Marissa with 44
  pencils. How many pencils did Marissa start with?

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Day 83

• George bought a cake for 14, some candles for
  3, and a present for 10. He went to pay for
  them and gave the man 50 dollars. How much change
  did George get back?

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Day 84

• Mary had 33 hotdogs for the cook out. Jamal
  brought 12 more. After the cookout was over, they
  counted their hotdogs and they had 4 left. How
  many hotdogs were eaten at the cookout?

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Day 85

• There were 36 monkeys at the zoo. They brought 22
  more monkeys over from Canada to the zoo. How
  many monkeys are now at the zoo?

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Day 86

• LaGrange High School has 12 math teachers.
  Callaway High School has 9 math teachers. Troup
  High School has 14 math teachers. How many more
  math teachers does Lagrange have than Callaway?

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Day 87

• Chick Fil A gave away 72 sandwiches at lunch
  time. Jim Bobs gave away 33. How many fewer
  sandwiches did Jim Bobs give away than Chick Fil
  A?

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Day 88

• There are 36 fewer apples in the box than apples
  on the ground. There are 50 apples in the box.
  How many apples are on the ground?