Download May Word Problems

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(Some 2nd
May Word Problems
Grade Exposure)
----------------------------------------------Katie had 38 fish in her fish tank. Cody gave her
8 more fish. How many fish does Katie have now?
----------------------------------------------Glenda had some beach balls. Diane gave her 5
more balls. Now she has 18 beach balls. How many
balls did Glenda have to start with?
----------------------------------------------Shannon had some sand toys. She gave 5 toys to
her sister. Now she has 12 sand toys left. How
many toys did Shannon have to start with?
----------------------------------------------Justin has 8 fewer toy crabs than Mike. Mike has
12 toy crabs. How many toy crabs does Justin
have?
----------------------------------------------Steven has 4 pails and 5 shovels. If he put the
same number of shovels in each pail, how many
shovels are in each pail?
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----------------------------------------------Mandy found 32 seashells on the beach. The next
day, she found 24 seashells. How many seashells
did Mandy find all together?
----------------------------------------------Jennifer had some toy fish. Matt gave her 8 more
toy fish. Now she has 17 fish. How many toy fish
did Jennifer have to start with?
----------------------------------------------Johnny had some crabs. He gave 7 crabs to Larry.
Now he has 9 crabs left. How many crabs did
Johnny have to start with?
----------------------------------------------Jessica has 3 sand castles and 15 flags. If she
put the same number of flags onto each sand
castle, how many flags are on each sand castle?
----------------------------------------------There are 3 anemones and 18 clownfish. If the
same number of
clownfish hide in the anemone, how many fish are
in each anemone?
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----------------------------------------------Lisa has 31 toy crabs and Cathy has 27 toy crabs.
How many toy crabs do they have in all?
----------------------------------------------Cindy had some seashells. Nellie gave her 10
more. Now Cindy has 22 seashells. How many
seashells did Cindy have to start with?
----------------------------------------------Kendall had some toy seahorses. She gave 9
seahorses to Robert. Now she has 6 toy seahorses
left. How many seahorses did Kendall have to
start with?
----------------------------------------------Kim has 5 fishbowls with 5 fish in each bowl. How
many fish does Kim have in all?
----------------------------------------------Justin has 5 more sand dollars than Kevin. Justin
has 20 sand dollars. How many sand dollars does
Kevin have?
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----------------------------------------------Brandon found 38 seashells on the beach and Anna
found 6 seashells. How many seashells do they
have together?
----------------------------------------------Katie has 3 pails with 5 shovels in each pail.
How many shovels does Katie have in all?
----------------------------------------------Carl had some toy sharks. Evan gave him 9 more
toy sharks. Now Carl has 20 toy sharks. How many
toy sharks did Carl have to start with?
----------------------------------------------Melanie had some beach toys. She gave 8 toys to
Howard. Now she has 20. How many beach toys did
Melanie have to start with?
----------------------------------------------Kaylee has 4 more toy whales than Bobby. Kaylee
has 18 toy whales. How many toy whales does Bobby
have?
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Janet has 4 fish in her fish tank. Jerry gave her
some more fish. Now Janet has 16 fish. How many
fish did Jerry give her?
----------------------------------------------Becky had 16 crabs. She gave some to Brian. Now
she has 2 crabs left. How many crabs did Becky
give to Brian?
----------------------------------------------Kelly saw 5 red fish, 7 blue fish, and 6 green
fish when she was scuba diving. How many fish did
Kelly see in all?
----------------------------------------------Preston has 5 pails with 2 shovels in each pail.
How many shovels does Preston have?
----------------------------------------------Joshua has 2 bags and 12 sand toys. If he puts
the same number of sand toys in each bag, how
many sand toys are in each bag?
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