The newspaper boy has 78 comics and 123 newspapers in his bag. To find out how many total items he will carry, we add 78 and 123 which equals 201.

1. Second grade
word
problems

2. Solving
word
problems
.

3. There are 78 comics and 123 newspapers in the newspaper
boy’s bag. How many items will he have to carry altogether?
* Highlight the important words.
There are 78 comics and 123 newspapers in the newspaper
boy’s bag. How many items will he have to carry altogether?
* Choose the correct operation. Is it + or – or x or ÷?
HTU
123
+ 78

4. Kim starts break with 298 bottles of water. He sells 76 on Monday
and 56 on Tuesday. How many bottles of water will he have on
Wednesday?
* Highlight the important words.
Kim starts break with 298 bottles of water. He sells 76 on Monday
and 56 on Tuesday. How many bottles of water will he have left on
Wednesday?
* Choose the correct operation. Is it + or – or x ?

5. Kim starts break with 298 bottles of water. He sells 76 on Monday
and 56 on Tuesday. How many bottles of water will he have left on
Wednesday?
HTU
HTU What do we
Then do the 222
298 do now?
-
next step - 56
76
The answer is:___________

6. Now solve these word problems. Don’t forget to use the column method
to show your working out.
2. There are 289 decorations in the hall. 145 get stolen. How many
decorations are left?
3. There are 453 marbles in Tim’s tin, Jo has 587 marbles. How many
marbles are there altogether?
4. Farmer Jim has moved 651 haystacks. He needs to move 834
haystacks. How many haystacks has he got left to move?
5. The library has 987 books. 654 are burned in a fire. How many are
left?
6. Miss Smales is greedy and eats 342 M&Ms on Saturday. She then
eats 554 on Sunday. How many M&Ms has she eaten altogether?
NOW TRY AND WRITE SOME OF YOUR OWN WORD
PROBLEMS. DON’T FORGET TO SHOW YOUR WORKING
OUT.