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Math Word Problems of

the Week

2nd grade

H. Escamilla

Content 1. Instructions

2. Questions/Poster

3. Problems: Weeks 1-30

In the following 30 word problems, your second grade students will be able to think analytically and learn how

to solve problems using many different mathematical strategies. All of these word problems are “real life” situations and students will be able to relate to them. What’s great about these word problems is that your

students will also be writing across the curriculum and practice answering in complete sentences!

Each word problem is designed to take one week and

should take no more than 10 minutes per day.

Monday – Read the word problem twice, circle the important information and underline key words that will help determine the operation. (See sample of Day 1) Tuesday – Reread the word problem. Answer questions #1 and #2: What do you know? and What do you need to know? Wednesday – Reread the word problem. Answer question #3: What do you need to do to solve the problem? -Guide students by writing the algorithm and picture with them. Remind them that drawing a picture is just as important as writing and solving the problem. Thursday – Reread word problem. Answer question #4: Answer the question. Friday – Reread the word problem. Answer question #5. Does your answer make sense? If you have any questions, PLEASE, don’t hesitate to email me at: [email protected].

Make a copy of the word problems for each student. I’ve done it two different ways, in an annual Word Problem of the Week booklet and double sided for two weeks at a time. I found that making an annual packet of all the word problems was best. We were able

to go back during the year and review!

Also, I gave each of my students a copy of the questions to keep in their Math folders.

I also made a class-sized poster of the questions to refer to when guiding students

through the process of answering in complete sentences.

Questions: 1. What do you know? 2. What do you need to know? 3. What do you need to do to solve the problem? 4. Answer the question in a complete sentence. 5. Check your work. Does your answer make sense?

Real World: Michelle has 24 stickers in her collection. Her best friend gave her 15 more on her birthday. How many stickers does she have altogether?

1 Word Problem of the Week

Symbols and Pictures: Vocabulary

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Words:

1. I know that Michelle has 24 stickers in her_____ collection and her best friend gave her 15 more.

2. I want to know how many stickers Michelle has_ altogether.______________________________

3. I need to add 24 + 15 to know how many______ stickers Michelle had altogether._____________

4. Michelle has 39 stickers altogether.__________ _______________________________________

5. I know my answer is correct because I did a____ number sentence and used tally marks._______

24 +15 39

Real World: Michelle has 24 stickers in her collection. Her best friend gave her 15 more on her birthday. How many stickers does she have altogether?



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Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World: The principal had 29 prizes in her office. She gave away 21 of them to students reading in the morning. How many prizes does she have left?



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Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World: There were 18 baby ducks swimming in the pond. The other 12 baby ducks were sleeping in the nest. How many more baby ducks were swimming than sleeping?



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Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World: Sarah invited her friends to a dance party. Seven friends played in the band. Twelve friends danced in a circle. How many friends did Sarah invite in all?



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Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World: Harborside students donated 16 animal books to the public library. They also donated 33 picture books. What is the total number of books that were donated to the library?



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Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World: Marcy is making a necklace. She chooses 5 green beads, 5 yellow beads, and 10 pink beads. Then she counts them all up. What is the sum?



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Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World There are 18 children watching the soccer playoffs. There are also 39 parents watching. The score is 3 to 1. How many more parents than children are watching the soccer playoffs?



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Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World: There are 57 blue houses on Naples Avenue. There are also 42 green houses on the same street. How many more blue houses than green houses are there on Naples Avenue?



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Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World: Nineteen second graders visited the science museum on Monday. Twenty-two second graders visited on Tuesday. How many second graders visited the museum in all?



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Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

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5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World: Mr. Brown’s class is making a garden. They plant 48 pansy seeds. They also plant 32 tomato seeds. How many fewer tomato seeds than pansy seeds were planted in the garden?



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Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World: Many Edison students live on Naples Street. Thirty-seven 2nd graders live on Naples Street. Twenty-three 3rd graders also live there. How many more 2nd graders than 3rd graders live on Naples Street?



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Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World: It’s the Soccer Playoffs! There are 45 fans cheering for the Bluebirds team. Thirty-two fans are cheering for the Red Robins. Eighteen people are buying hotdogs. How many more fans are cheering for the Bluebirds than the Red Robins?



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Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World: Nadia started with 17 daisy seeds for her garden. She went to the garden store and now she has 3 dozen daisy seeds. How many daisy seeds did Michelle buy in all?



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Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World: The second graders collected 802 pennies for the Penny Drive. The third graders collected 778 pennies. Fourth graders collected 750 pennies. How many more pennies did second graders collect than third graders?



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Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World: Sophia is buying a present for her little brother. She has $0.95. She bought some plastic blocks for $0.87. How much change did Sophia get back?



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Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World: Sheri saved $136 of her allowance to spend for holiday gift shopping. Her sister saved $95. What is the total amount of money that Sheri and her sister saved?



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Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

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3. ______________________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World Jennifer wants to go to the book fair. Her mother gives her 3 quarters, 4 dimes, 2 nickels, and 5 pennies. How much money did Jennifer get from her mom?



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Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World: Elias has 2 one dollar bills, 1 quarter, 3 dimes, 5 nickels, and 8 pennies. Alex has a one dollar bill, 5 quarters, 5 dimes, 1 nickel, and 3 pennies. Who has more money?



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Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

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4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World: Mrs. Martinez buys two pizzas, one is cheese and the other is vegetarian. She ate ½ of the cheese pizza. Peyton ate 1/3 of the vegetarian pizza . Each one says they ate the most. Who ate the most?



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Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World: Mrs. Glover has 24 starfish stickers. She equally divides them among 4 students. How many starfish stickers will each student get?



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Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World: There were 10 frogs in a pond. Each frog had four legs. How many frog legs where there all together?



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Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World: Seven students were given a set of markers each. Each set had 5 markers. How many markers do the students have altogether? (Prove your answer using 2 mathematical operations)



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1. ______________________________________________________________________________

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Real World: Angelica had 18 balloons from her birthday. She will give 4 balloons to each of her four friends. How many balloons will be left for Angelica?



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Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

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Real World: There are 7 minivans that students can ride to the zoo. If each minivan can seat 5 students each, how many students can fit in the minivans all together?



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1. ______________________________________________________________________________

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Real World Mauro has 25 gummy worms. He will give 6 gummy worms to each of his 4 team members. How many gummy worms will be left for Mauro?



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divided

equal groups

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Real World: A dog trainer has 28 dog biscuits. The biscuits are equally divided among seven dogs. How many biscuits will each dog get?



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divided

Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

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Real World: Mary and Cathy watched a movie. It started at 11:00 am and lasted two hours. At what time did the movie end?



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clock

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1. ______________________________________________________________________________

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Real World: Art class started at 12:30 pm and lasted for three hours. At what time did the art class end?



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drew

clock

Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World: Jena has one dollar bill and 4 dimes. James has one dollar bill, 1 quarter, and 1 nickel. Jill has 6 quarters. Who has the greatest amount of money?



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drew

money

Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

Real World: Nicole and Paulina shared a dozen cookies. Nicole ate half the cookies and Paulina ate 6 of the cookies. Who ate the most cookies? Explain your answer.



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drew

Words:

1. ______________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________________________

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