Fair-themed addition, subtraction, compare, and two-step word problems with bar models for each story.
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A fair-day storyline gives each word problem a concrete setting while the bar models keep the math structure visible. Students can match each story to a part-part-whole, take-away, compare, or two-step model before choosing an operation.
How Reasonwell checks worksheet material →Word problems practice is easier to review when the student can explain the steps, not just the answer.
A few of the problems from the printable sheet. Their answers are in the separate answer key.
Ana starts the day with 28 ride tickets. Sam hands her 17 more. How many tickets does she have now?
The booth has 63 game tokens at opening. It sells 18 before lunch. How many tokens are left?
Sam tossed 24 rings onto the bottles. Ana tossed some too. Together they tossed 51. How many did Ana toss?
Sam scored 34 points at the duck pond. Ana scored 12 more than Sam. How many points did Ana score?
The popcorn stand popped 72 boxes. By noon it sold 35. How many boxes are left?
46 red balloons and 29 white balloons fly over the midway. How many balloons in all?
The big wheel took 58 riders before lunch and 41 after. How many more riders rode before lunch?
The prize booth gave away 16 teddies. 39 teddies are still on the shelf. How many teddies were there at first?
Use the worksheet for student work and the answer key for quick checking. The files are kept separate so the key does not sit on the same page as the practice.
They help students decide what the unknown means before calculating, especially in compare problems and stories where the answer is not just the first two numbers added together.
These free worksheets give focused practice now. The full-color workbook is in development for a broader, structured Grade 2 math path with parent-readable explanations.