The Great Adventure Challenge
A free, printable Grade 2 multi-step word problem worksheet. Each problem takes two or three steps to solve. Work them on screen or print the PDF — a teacher/parent answer key is included.
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1.Leo finds 3 bags of gold coins on an ancient temple trail. Each of the first two bags has 15 coins, and the third bag has 20 coins. On his way back, he accidentally drops 8 coins into a muddy swamp. How many coins does he have left?42
2.Captain Redbeard shares 40 chocolate coins equally among his 5 crew members. First Mate Jack already had 12 chocolate coins hidden in his pocket. How many total chocolate coins does Jack have now?20
3.Maya and her friends are building a secret treehouse and need 50 wooden planks in total. They bought 4 bundles of wood, and each bundle has 10 planks. How many more planks do they still need to collect?10
4.Wizard Oliver has a bucket filled with 30 glowing blue berries. He eats 6 of them for a quick energy boost, and then divides the remaining berries equally into 4 small potion bottles. How many berries go into each bottle?6
5.On a deep-sea submarine dive, Clara spots 3 schools of yellow fish with 10 fish in each school. She also spots 15 bright purple jellyfish floating by. How many total sea creatures did Clara spot?45
6.Astronaut Leo is packing space snacks for his trip to Mars. He packs 5 boxes of strawberry space-bars, with 6 bars in each box. If he gives 12 of the bars to his robot co-pilot, how many bars does Leo keep for himself?18