2nd Grade Length Word Problems worksheets

About this worksheet

Length word problems ask a child to use measurement numbers in an ordinary story: how much taller, how long altogether, how much is left after a cut. The arithmetic is the same addition and subtraction within 100 that children already know, but the answer is a length, so it needs the unit, inches, feet or centimeters, and children must decide whether the story adds or takes away.

This worksheet gives six different problems with space under each one for working. Ask your child to read the story twice, say whether the length will be bigger or smaller than the numbers in the story, then write a number sentence and the answer. Check that the answer makes sense: a rope cannot be longer after a piece is cut off.

What your child will learn

• Add and subtract lengths within 100
• Decide whether a story adds or takes away
• Check that a length makes sense in the story

Common Core standard: 2.MD.B.5