Math Word Problems for Class 2
1. Rohan had 125 stickers. His friend gave him 34 more. How many stickers does
Rohan have now?
2. There were 245 books in the library. 123 books were borrowed. How many books
are left?
3. A baker made 15 cookies. He wants to make 3 times as many tomorrow. How many
cookies will he make tomorrow?
4. There are 36 red balls and 42 blue balls in a box. How many balls are there in total?
5. Sara had 87 candies. She ate 25 candies. How many candies are left?
6. A shop sold 56 apples on Monday and 78 apples on Tuesday. How many apples
were sold in two days?
7. There are 12 chairs in a row. If there are 4 rows, how many chairs are there in total?
8. My mother bought 150 grams of sugar. She used 45 grams for a cake. How much
sugar is left?
9. A farmer planted 23 trees in the morning and 35 trees in the afternoon. How many
trees did he plant in total?
10. A bus has 62 seats. If 35 people are on the bus, how many seats are empty?
11. Each box holds 25 pencils. How many pencils are there in 3 boxes?
12. There were 115 birds on a tree. 22 birds flew away. How many birds are left?
13. A zoo has 45 monkeys and 32 lions. How many animals are there in total?
14. A shop sold 27 ice creams on Saturday and 34 on Sunday. How many ice creams
were sold in total?
15. There are 5 children, and each child has 10 balloons. How many balloons are there
in total?
16. A train has 210 passengers. At the next station, 85 passengers got off. How many
passengers are left on the train?
17. In a garden, there are 64 red roses and 53 yellow roses. How many roses are there in
all?
18. A school has 3 classes. Each class has 20 students. How many students are there in
the school?
19. My uncle drove 185 km on Monday and 105 km on Tuesday. How many kilometres
did he drive in total?
20. A box contains 96 chocolates. If you eat 32 chocolates, how many are left?
21. There are 15 tables in a classroom. Each table has 2 chairs. How many chairs are
there?
22. A library has 275 storybooks. 110 of them are new. How many old storybooks are
there?
23. There are 45 boys and 52 girls in the park. How many children are in the park?
24. A shop received 3 crates of oranges. Each crate has 30 oranges. How many oranges
did the shop receive?
25. My aunt baked 130 cookies. She gave 50 cookies to her neighbours. How many
cookies are left?
26. A toy car costs 125 rupees. A toy train costs 250 rupees. What is the total cost of
both toys?
27. There were 300 apples in a basket. 145 apples were rotten. How many good apples
are there?
28. Each student needs 4 pencils. If there are 24 students, how many pencils are needed
in total?
29. A farmer had 175 chickens. He bought 65 more chickens. How many chickens does
he have now?
30. There are 98 red balloons. 35 balloons flew away. How many balloons are left?
31. In a school play, 112 children are dancing and 87 children are singing. How many
children are participating in total?
32. There are 6 packets of biscuits. Each packet has 12 biscuits. How many biscuits are
there in total?
33. A shop sold 230 shirts in the morning and 155 shirts in the afternoon. How many
shirts were sold in total?
34. My grandmother made 75 sweets. She gave 28 sweets to her grandchildren. How
many sweets are left?
35. There are 5 teams in a competition. Each team has 11 players. How many players
are there in total?
36. A book has 198 pages. I have read 75 pages. How many more pages do I need to
read?
37. A bakery sold 145 loaves of bread on Monday and 180 loaves on Tuesday. How
many loaves were sold in two days?
38. Each box holds 45 crayons. How many crayons are there in 2 boxes?
39. A big tree has 250 leaves. A small tree has 125 leaves. How many more leaves does
the big tree have?
40. There are 8 bags, and each bag has 15 oranges. How many oranges are there in total?
41. In a classroom, there are 18 chairs. If there are 3 such classrooms, how many chairs
are there in total?
42. A total of 320 people attended a concert. 175 of them were adults. How many
children attended the concert?
43. My father bought 165 kg of rice. He bought 75 kg of wheat. What is the total weight
of grains he bought?
44. A building has 7 floors. Each floor has 10 apartments. How many apartments are in
the building?
45. There were 280 birds in a forest. 130 birds flew to another forest. How many birds
are left?
46. A gardener planted 120 marigolds and 95 sunflowers. How many flowers did he
plant in total?
47. Each student needs 3 notebooks. If there are 30 students, how many notebooks are
needed?
48. A shop had 350 pencils. They sold 180 pencils. How many pencils are left?
49. There are 4 baskets of apples. Each basket has 22 apples. How many apples are there
in total?
50. My mother baked 190 cookies. My sister ate 45 of them. How many cookies are left?
51. A factory produced 215 blue shirts and 190 red shirts. How many shirts were
produced in total?
52. There are 45 students in a class. If each student reads 2 books, how many books are
read in total?
53. A fruit seller had 310 bananas. He sold 160 bananas. How many bananas are left?
54. There are 135 cars in a parking lot. 82 more cars came in. How many cars are there
now?
55. Each box contains 15 chocolates. How many chocolates are there in 5 boxes?
56. A school has 275 boys and 230 girls. What is the total number of students in the
school?
57. My father paid 500 rupees for a toy car. He got 125 rupees back as change. How
much did the toy car cost?
58. There are 6 groups of children. Each group has 12 children. How many children are
there in total?
59. A shop sold 175 newspapers on Monday and 210 on Tuesday. How many
newspapers were sold in two days?
60. A farmer had 450 pumpkins. He sold 230 pumpkins. How many pumpkins are left?
61. There are 3 buses. Each bus can carry 40 passengers. How many passengers can all
the buses carry?
62. A bookshop has 312 storybooks. 105 of them are picture books. How many are not
picture books?
63. My brother had 140 stamps. He bought 55 more stamps. How many stamps does he
have now?
64. Each bag has 25 marbles. How many marbles are there in 4 bags?
65. There were 290 birds on a tree. 135 birds flew away. How many birds are left?
66. In a garden, there are 150 sunflowers and 85 lilies. How many flowers are there in
total?
67. A painter painted 3 walls. Each wall needed 12 litres of paint. How much paint did
he use in total?
68. A shop had 380 cookies. They sold 190 cookies. How many cookies are left?
69. There are 5 boxes, and each box has 30 apples. How many apples are there in total?
70. My mother bought a dress for 275 rupees and a pair of shoes for 180 rupees. How
much did she spend in total?
71. A school has 410 students. 195 students are in primary classes. How many students
are in other classes?
72. Each student needs 6 sheets of paper. If there are 20 students, how many sheets are
needed?
73. A total of 160 people watched a movie in the morning. 225 people watched in the
afternoon. How many people watched the movie in total?
74. There are 25 trees in a row. If there are 3 such rows, how many trees are there?
75. A bakery baked 350 muffins. They sold 175 muffins. How many muffins are left?
76. There are 115 red balloons and 90 blue balloons. How many balloons are there in
total?
77. Each child has 10 toy cars. If there are 7 children, how many toy cars are there in
total?
78. A bus travelled 230 km on Monday and 165 km on Tuesday. How many kilometres
did it travel in two days?
79. My father had 320 rupees. He spent 180 rupees on groceries. How much money is
left?
80. There are 8 packets of candies. Each packet has 11 candies. How many candies are
there in total?
81. A library has 270 comic books. 125 of them are new. How many old comic books
are there?
82. A shop sold 180 kg of rice in the morning and 135 kg in the afternoon. How much
rice was sold in total?
83. My aunt bought 4 packets of pens. Each packet has 10 pens. How many pens did she
buy?
84. There were 300 birds on a tree. 140 birds flew away. How many birds are left?
85. In a garden, there are 175 red roses and 120 yellow roses. How many roses are there
in all?
86. A school has 5 classes. Each class has 25 students. How many students are there in
the school?
87. My uncle drove 215 km on Monday and 190 km on Tuesday. How many kilometres
did he drive in total?
88. A box contains 120 chocolates. If you eat 35 chocolates, how many are left?
89. There are 14 tables in a classroom. Each table has 3 chairs. How many chairs are
there?
90. A library has 295 storybooks. 120 of them are new. How many old storybooks are
there?
91. There are 65 boys and 72 girls in the park. How many children are in the park?
92. A shop received 4 crates of oranges. Each crate has 35 oranges. How many oranges
did the shop receive?
93. My aunt baked 180 cookies. She gave 60 cookies to her neighbours. How many
cookies are left?
94. A shop sold 215 apples on Monday and 195 apples on Tuesday. How many apples
were sold in two days?
95. There are 13 chairs in a row. If there are 5 rows, how many chairs are there in total?
96. My mother bought 240 grams of sugar. She used 85 grams for a cake. How much
sugar is left?
97. A farmer planted 18 trees in the morning and 25 trees in the afternoon. How many
trees did he plant in total?
98. A bus has 75 seats. If 48 people are on the bus, how many seats are empty?
99. Each box holds 32 pencils. How many pencils are there in 3 boxes?
100. There were 210 birds on a tree. 35 birds flew away. How many birds are left?
101. A library has 325 English books. It has 180 more Hindi books than English books.
How many Hindi books does the library have?
102. There are 450 red flowers in a garden. There are 215 fewer yellow flowers than red
flowers. How many yellow flowers are there?
103. My father drove 115 km on Saturday. He drove 3 times that distance on Sunday.
How many kilometres did he drive on Sunday?
104. A shop sold 275 chocolates on Monday. On Tuesday, they sold 98 more chocolates
than on Monday. How many chocolates did they sell on Tuesday?
105. Sarah collected 187 seashells. Her brother collected 54 fewer seashells than Sarah.
How many seashells did her brother collect?
106. Each carton holds 24 juice boxes. If a school ordered 5 cartons, how many juice
boxes did they order in total?
107. A baker made 310 plain muffins. He made 75 more chocolate muffins than plain
muffins. How many chocolate muffins did he make?
108. There are 512 students in a school. 230 of them are boys. How many more girls are
there than boys?
109. A train has 6 coaches. Each coach can carry 55 passengers. How many passengers
can the train carry in total?
110. Rohan scored 420 points in a game. Priya scored 195 points less than Rohan. How
many points did Priya score?
111. A farmer planted 205 apple trees. He planted 120 more mango trees than apple
trees. How many mango trees did he plant?
112. There were 630 birds in a park. 175 birds flew away. Later, 50 new birds came. How
many birds are in the park now? (This is a two-step problem)
113. Each student needs 3 colour pencils. If there are 45 students, how many colour
pencils are needed in total?
114. A shop had 385 red balloons and 290 blue balloons. How many more red balloons
did they have than blue balloons?
115. My mother bought a dress for ₹299. My sister bought a dress that cost ₹125 more
than my mother’s. How much did my sister’s dress cost?
116. A book has 160 pages. I read 4 times that many pages in another book. How many
pages did I read in the second book?
117. In a class, there are 28 boys. There are 7 fewer girls than boys. How many girls are
in the class?
118. A train has 7 compartments, and each compartment can carry 12 passengers. How
many passengers can the train carry?
119. A bus travelled 150 km on Monday. On Tuesday, it travelled 75 km less than on
Monday. How many kilometres did it travel on Tuesday?
120. There are 25 tables in a hall. Each table has 4 chairs. How many chairs are there in
121. A toy store sold 112 dolls and 78 teddy bears. How many toys did they sell in total?
122. A store had 200 candies. They sold 125. How many candies are left?
123. Each pizza has 8 slices. How many slices are there in 4 pizzas?
124. A bakery sold 112 doughnuts in the morning and 98 in the evening. How many
doughnuts were sold in total?
125. A baker bakes 14 cakes each day. How many cakes does he bake in 8 days?
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