Fall Story Structures

Grade 2

2.OA.1 Solve addition and subtraction word problems within 50

Fourteen cats are sitting on the porch. Seven more cats wandered onto the porch. How many cats are on the porch?

__________________ cats

There are 40 fall leaves in a pile. Mom rakes more leaves into the pile. Now there are 70 leaves. How many leaves did Mom rake into the pile?

__________________ leaves

Julius put some apples in his basket. Maya put in 4 more apples. Now Julius has 13 apples. How many apples did Julius begin with?

__________________ apples

Twenty-three bats flew into a dark cave. Eleven more bats followed them. How many bats are in the cave now?

_____________ _____ bats

Red Squirrel had some nuts. Gray Squirrel gave him 16 more. Now Red Squirrel has 29 nuts. How many nuts did Red Squirrel have to begin with?_____________ _____ nuts

Sara had 15 pieces of candy. Jeff gave her some more. Now Sara has 40 pieces of candy. How many pieces of candy did Jeff give to Sara?_____________ _____ pieces of candy

Kiley had some pumpkins. Mike gave her 14 more. Now she has 20 pumpkins. How many pumpkins did Kiley have to begin with?_____________ _____ pumpkins

Twenty black cats are meowing at the door. Eight cats were let inside. How many cats are still at the door?

__________________ cats

There are 47 orange leaves still hanging on the tree. Some more fall off in the breeze. Now there are 29 left. How many leaves fell off the tree?

__________________ leaves

Maya picked some apples off the tree. She gave 2 apples to her mother. Now Maya has 8 apples left. How many apples did Maya have to begin with?__________________ apples

Thirty-five bats hung upside down on a tree branch. Ten of those bats flew away. How many bats are hanging on the branch now?

_____________ _____ bats

Two squirrels were gathering nuts. First they found 23 nuts. Then they found 20 more nuts. How many nuts did they find in all?

_____________ _____ nuts

Twenty-six candy bars were in a bowl. Brian ate some of the candy bars. Now there are 18 candy bars in the bowl. How many candy bars did Brian eat?_____________ _____ candy bars

Sue made some pumpkin pies. She gave 13 to Chris. Now Sue has 12 pies left. How many pumpkin pies did Sue have to begin with?_____________ _____ pumpkin pies

There were 19 black cats drinking from their milk bowls. 11 more cats came to drink. How many cats are drinking milk?

__________________ cats

An oak tree has 28 yellow leaves and 9 brown leaves. How many leaves are on the tree?

__________________ leaves

Maya and Julius put 32 apples in the fruit stand. If Maya put 20 apples in the fruit stand, how many did Julius put in the fruit stand?

__________________ apples

A bat ate 21 insects. Another bat ate 18 insects. How many insects did they eat?

_____________ _____ bats

Gray Squirrel found some acorns. He gave 12 to a friend. Now he has thirty-six. How many acorns did he have to begin with?

_____________ _____ acorns

Eighteen M&Ms are in a bag. Seven are red and the rest are green. How many M&Ms are green?

_____________ _____ M&Ms

Molly and Kim picked 27 pumpkins from the pumpkin patch. Molly picked 19 pumpkins. How many pumpkins did Kim pick?_____________ _____ pumpkins

Joe has 10 fewer black cats than Nick. Nick has 24 black cats. How many black cats does Joe have?

__________________ cats

There are 8 more read leaves on the ground than on the tree. The tree has 35 red leaves. How many red leaves are on the ground?

__________________ leaves

Julius has 34 green apples and Maya has 20 green apples. How many more green apples does Julius have?

_____________ _____ apples

There were 48 bats hanging upside down in a cave. There were 26 bats hanging in a tree. How many more bats were hanging in the cave than in the tree?_____________ _____ bats

Gray Squirrel has 11 fewer acorns than Red Squirrel. Gray Squirrel has 37 acorns. How many acorns does Red Squirrel have?

_____________ _____ acorns

Mrs. Malone has eight more pieces of gum than Mrs. Horsman. Mrs. Horsman has 12 pieces of gum. How many pieces of gum does Mrs. Malone have?_____________ _____ pieces of gum

Bryan carved 10 fewer pumpkins than Jasmine. Jasmine carved 26 pumpkins. How many pumpkins did Bryan carve?_____________ _____ pumpkins