2nd Grade Word Problems Addition and Subtraction

Will read his book for 34 minutes on Monday, 89 minutes on Tuesday, and 46 minutes on Wednesday. How many minutes did he read on all 3 days?

Peter made 54 baskets when playing basketball. John made 37 baskets. How many more baskets did Peter make than John?

Kim collected 34 shells at the beach. She found 89 more shells the next day. Her brother found 46 shells. How many shells did Kim have in all?

The farmer picked 592 apples and 406 oranges last weekend. Then he picked 175 peaches. How many pieces of fruit did the farmer pick?

The flower shop got a delivery of 279 white flowers and 189 red flowers. How many white and red flowers did they get in their delivery?

Sandy collected 189 rocks. Then she collected 200 more rocks. How many rocks does Sandy have in her rock collection now?

Andy bought 158 pieces of red candy. Andy ate 12 pieces of red candy. How many pieces of red candy does Andy have now?

Tom rode his bike 279 feet. Rita rode her bike 189 feet. How much farther did Tom ride than Rita?

Maria counted 145 seats in the auditorium. 98 of the seats were empty. How many seats were full?

Sam had 209 happy-face stickers. He gave 121 of the stickers to his friend. How many happy-face stickers does Sam have now?

A bag of dog food weighs 640 ounces. A bag of cat food weighs 352 ounces. What is the difference between the weights of the pet foods?

There were 806 marbles in a box at the store. The store owner sold 498 of the marbles. How many marbles does the store have now?

The Pizza Place made 145 pizzas on Friday. They made 98 pizzas on Saturday. How many pizzas did the Pizza Place make on Friday and Saturday?

It is 274 miles from San Antonio to Dallas. The bus driver drove 109 miles. How many more miles does the bus driver need to drive to get to Dallas?

The school cafeteria sold 209 cartons of milk on Monday, and 121 cartons of milk on Tuesday. How much milk was sold on both days?

The cafeteria made 640 hamburgers and 352 hot dogs for the school carnival. What is the sum of the hamburgers and hot dogs?

Alma made 54 chocolate-chip cookies, 37 sugar cookies, and 29 peanut-butter cookies for the bake sale. How many cookies did she make?

Luke had an ant farm with 732 ants. Some of the ants got out of the ant farm. Now he has 527 ants in his ant farm. How many ants got out of his ant farm?

Paul and Ethan sold candy for a fundraiser. Paul sold 54 candy bars, and Ethan sold 37. How many candy bars did both boys sell?

A movie theater sold 732 tickets in January. It sold 527 tickets in February. How many tickets did it sell in January and February?