Two-Step Word Problems Within 100 Worksheets for 2nd Grade

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Grade 2MathAddition & SubtractionCCSS 2.OA.A.1

Skill: Solving two-step addition and subtraction word problems within 100

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Teaching tips and what to try next

Ready for second graders who solve one-step stories within 100, such as the ones in Money Word Problems. Ask children to tell the story back in their own words and say what happens first, then next, before they write anything. A quick sketch or a bar model for each step keeps the middle number from getting lost, and Missing Addends Within 100 is a good warm-up.

10 versions, each with its own answer key

Same skill and layout, a fresh set of problems in every version, so children can keep practicing without repeating a page. Problems are not repeated between versions unless a skill has only a small number of possible problems (for example, the addition facts within 10).

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About this worksheet

In a two-step word problem, children have to find a middle answer before they can find the final one. A bus picks up some people and then drops some off, or one child picks a few fewer apples than a friend. Second graders are expected to solve one- and two-step addition and subtraction problems within 100. This second-grade worksheet gives eight two-step stories.

Each story is a different kind. Some add twice, some subtract twice, and some add and then subtract. Two of them compare: one child uses more blocks or picks fewer apples than another, and the question asks how many there are in all, so children must first find the second amount. Every number in the stories, and every middle answer, stays between 1 and 100. Each problem has a box for a picture or number sentences and a line for the answer with its unit. Each of the ten versions has new numbers and names and its own answer key.

How to use it: read each story twice. The first time, ask what is happening. The second time, ask what you need to find out first. Have your child write two number sentences, one for each step, and circle the final answer. Drawing a quick bar for each amount helps with the compare stories, since it shows that the second amount must be worked out before adding.

The answer key gives each final answer with its unit. For one-step stories, try our Addition and Subtraction Word Problems Within 100 worksheet. For third-grade practice, try our Two-Step Word Problems worksheet.