Math Drills · Grade 2 (Elementary School)
Difference Word Problems
11 free maths worksheets for “Difference Word Problems” in Grade 2 (Elementary School). Download the question and answer PDFs and print them, no sign-up needed.
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Situations built on the words fewer and more are sorted according to whether they call for addition or subtraction. For fewer-than problems and for more-than problems alike, both the cases that turn into addition and the cases that turn into subtraction are covered.
The most common error is choosing the operation from the wording alone: subtract whenever it says 3 fewer, add whenever it says more. Which quantity is actually being asked for has been missed, and the answer lands on the wrong side by exactly the difference. Drawing the situation makes the mix-up visible.
In this unit, words that mean fewer or more decide which expression to write, and the sense of judging larger from smaller sharpened in 2-Digit Subtraction becomes the clue. This way of reading a problem is put to use again later in Order and Position Word Problems, when finding a position or a number of people.
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- What do the “Difference Word Problems” worksheets for Grade 2 (Elementary School) practice?
- They cover problems such as Addition, Subtraction.
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- 11 worksheets are free to use. Every one is a printable PDF and comes with an answer key.