Grade 2 Addition Word Problems Worksheets
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Practice Worksheet
Grade 2 Addition Word Problems Practice
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- 1.Ava collected 6 pencils on Monday and 64 on Tuesday. How many pencils did Ava collect in total?
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- 2.A farm has 31 chickens and 24 more chickens are added. How many chickens are on the farm now?
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- 3.A farm has 54 chickens and 33 more chickens are added. How many chickens are on the farm now?
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- 4.Sophia collected 43 books on Monday and 22 on Tuesday. How many books did Sophia collect in total?
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- 5.A store sold 83 toys in the morning and 10 toys in the afternoon. How many toys were sold in total?
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- 6.A farm has 13 chickens and 86 more chickens are added. How many chickens are on the farm now?
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- 7.Sophia has 70 toys. Noah gives them 7 more. How many toys does Sophia have now?
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- 8.Noah collected 76 apples on Monday and 2 on Tuesday. How many apples did Noah collect in total?
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Show answer key
- Question 1: 70
- Question 2: 55
- Question 3: 87
- Question 4: 65
- Question 5: 93
- Question 6: 99
- Question 7: 77
- Question 8: 78
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About These Worksheets
Grade 2 students tackle two-step addition word problems and begin working with numbers up to 100.
Addition word problems worksheets take the computation students have already practised and wrap it in real-world context — combining collections, totaling amounts, and finding how many altogether. The challenge here is rarely the arithmetic itself; it is translating a written scenario into the correct addition sentence, which is a reading comprehension skill as much as a math one.
These worksheets scale in complexity alongside numerical addition skills, moving from simple one-step "put together" scenarios to multi-step problems that combine several quantities or require students to identify irrelevant information. Working through addition word problems regularly helps students build a mental toolkit of keywords and question types, so that unfamiliar problems on tests feel less intimidating.
Skills Practised
- Identifying addition situations from word problem context
- Translating written scenarios into number sentences
- Solving one-step and multi-step addition word problems
- Filtering out irrelevant information in longer problems
- Explaining reasoning and labelling answers with correct units
Parent Tip: Have your child underline the numbers and circle the question in every word problem before solving — this simple habit prevents rushing straight to a guess.