🧮Eighty-four original word problems take students from simple join and separate stories to comparison, missing-part and two-step problems within 100. A six-step Solve It! strategy with bar models gives every child the same reliable way in.
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This set of 2-digit addition and subtraction word problems gives 2nd grade students, and 3rd graders who need review, steady practice solving story problems within 100. All 84 problems are original, and they move from one-step stories to comparison, missing-part and two-step problems.
Ten skill worksheets with 60 problems separate the work into clear steps: addition without regrouping, addition with regrouping, subtraction without and with regrouping, comparing to find how many more or fewer, missing parts with missing addends and unknown starts, and two-step problems. Teachers can assign exactly the problem type a group needs.
Strategy comes before practice. The Solve It! anchor chart lays out a six-step process with bar models, and the Add or Subtract? chart sorts story types and clue words so students think about what is happening in the problem instead of guessing an operation.
Once skills are in place, three mixed review worksheets and 16 task cards with a recording sheet mix problem types together, which is where real understanding shows. An 8-question quiz checks progress, and a Write Your Own Word Problem page lets students show they understand how stories and equations connect. Answer keys show equations and labeled answers.
A 1-week teaching plan maps out the lessons. The 27 black and white pages fit math centers, guided math, small groups, homework, test prep, intervention, early finishers, sub plans and homeschool.
📖 Teaching guide · 12 min readTeaching 2-Digit Addition and Subtraction Word Problems in 2nd Grade: Strategies, Bar Models and a Weekly PlanRead the guide →Problem types are taught one at a time before they are mixed, so students learn to read the story rather than hunt for clue words alone. The bar model strategy gives a picture of the math, and labeled answer keys model the complete answer you want to see.
It is designed for 2nd grade and for 3rd grade review. The listing title also mentions 1st grade, but the problems work within 100 and the description targets 2nd and 3rd.
Yes. There are separate worksheets for addition and subtraction both with and without regrouping.
One-step, comparison (how many more or fewer), missing parts with missing addends and unknown starts, and two-step problems.
Yes. An 8-question quiz is included, and every page has an answer key with equations and labeled answers.
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