Word Problem of the Word Problem of the DayDay

22ndnd Grade Grade

Word Problem of the Word Problem of the DayDay

22ndnd Grade GradeThis should begin in January and This should begin in January and

continue throughout the rest of the continue throughout the rest of the academic year.academic year.

Day 1Melanie has 7 marbles. Diego has

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

Day 2• Yuri has 35 buttons. Ann gives him

a bag with 30 more buttons. How many buttons does Yuri have now?

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?

Day 4• Chelsea has some stamps. Liam

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

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 Austin’s dad give him?

Day 6• Maya has 27 puzzle pieces. Jason

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

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?

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?

Day 9• Mr. Matt collected 39 seashells.

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

Day 10Danette 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?

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?

Day 12There are 19 smiley stickers. Of

these, 8 are blue. The rest are yellow. How many stickers are yellow?

Day 13Marvin has 20 nuts. He ate 5 of

them. How many nuts were left?

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?

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?

Day 16• Jan has 20 fewer games than Mr.

Darden. Mr. Darden has 50 games. How many games does Jan have?

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?

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?

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?

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?

Day 23Some 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?

Day 24• Linda has 13 more comic books

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

Day 25• Candace has 23 more shiny rocks

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

Day 26• Carol has 5 fewer books than

Cindy. Carol has 7 books. How many books does Cindy have?

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?

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?

Day 29• Patty’s 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?

Day 30Brittney had 38 balloons. Some

popped. Then Brittney had 19 balloons. How many balloons popped?

Day 31Lindsey has 32 glass marbles and

21 steel marbles. How many marbles does Lindsey have?

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?

Day 33Natalie has 45 sparkle markers.

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

Day 44• Lynne has 19 bottle caps. Ernest

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

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?

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?

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?

Day 48• Charlie ate 48 fried worms. His

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

Day 49• Lance has 37 Hot Wheels. His

friend gave him 29 more Hot Wheels. How many does he have now?

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?

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?

Day 52• At the park I saw 32 animals. I saw

12 dogs, 15 squirrels, and some frogs. How many frogs did I see?

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?

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?

Day 55• Shay bought a bag of jellybeans.

She ate 27 of them. How many jellybeans does she have left?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

Day 61• Juan has 22 red and 22 blue

marbles. Jaquavious has 19 marbles. How many more marbles does Juan have than Jaquavious?

Day 62• John’s 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?

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?

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?

Day 65• A ladder is 8 ft tall. A step ladder

is 3 ft shorter. How tall is the step ladder?

Day 66• 86 boys and 123 girls are going to

a movie. How many more girls than boys were going to the movie?

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?

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?

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?

Day 70• Alondra buys a game for $39 and

a necklace for $9. She has $50. How much change will she get back?

Day 71• The Lester family has $600. They

spent $110 on food and $97 on bills. How much money do they have left?

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?

Day 73• Jodie’s 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?

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?

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?

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?

Day 77• A bush was 42 inches long. Adam

cut 8 inches off one end. How many inches long was the bush then?

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?

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?

Day 80A tree grew 13 inches last year. It

grew 17 inches this year. How many inches did the tree grow over the two years?

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?

Day 82Marissa 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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?