Singapore Math Worksheets: No. 16
2nd Grade Math Practice
Math Story Problems

Multiplication and Subtraction

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2nd Grade Math Worksheets: No. 16
Multiplication and Division

Jill baked a cockroach cake for her wedding anniversary with John. When she cut the cake into 6 slices, there were 5 delicious cockroaches in each slice. How many cockroaches were there altogether in the sumptuous cake?

Singapore Math Worksheets: Homeschool Math Practice: Question 2

I went to Madagascar and caught 7 hairless monkeys. Now the weird thing about the monkeys was that they had 3 eyes on their faces. How many eyes do the monkeys have altogether?

2nd Grade Math Story Problems: Question 3

Solomon Slob went to 7-Eleven and bought 8 bags of popcorn for $5 each. How much did he spend on his popcorn?

Singapore Math Worksheets: Homeschool Math Practice: Question 4

If 4 gorillas are jumping on my bed and each gorilla has 8 fleas on its itchy head, how many fleas are there altogether on the filthy gorillas?

2nd Grade Math Story Problems: Question 5

When I rubbed my magic lamp, my all-powerful genie was working out with his dumbbells. But he was good enough to grant me my wish. My brother had $8 in his pocket and I wished for 4 times as much money as him to buy some lollipops. When my pet genie granted me my wish how much money did my brother and I have altogether?

Singapore Math Worksheets: Homeschool Math Practice: Question 6

When I entered my classroom yesterday, I screamed in terror. 7 hairy tarantulas were crawling on my Singapore math teacher's bald head. 3 times as many hairy tarantulas as that were creeping on my American math teacher's wrinkled face. How many hairy tarantulas were there altogether?

2nd Grade Math Story Problems: Question 7

Bob's horse has 8 tails. Wanda's horse has 5 times as many tails as Bob's horse. How many tails do the horses have altogether?

Singapore Math Worksheets: Homeschool Math Practice: Question 8

When I walked into the jungle yesterday, there were 9 disgusting gibbons picking their left nostrils. There were also 3 times as many dirty gorillas picking their right nostrils. How many animals were picking their noses altogether?

2nd Grade Math Story Problems: Question 9

When I was cycling to school last week, I was surprised to see 7 pandas with briefcases walking to work. But when I continued cycling, I was horrified when I spotted thrice as many dinosaurs as pandas also with briefcases stomping to work. How many more dinosaurs than pandas did I see?

Singapore Math Worksheets: Homeschool Math Practice: Question 10

Fiona Fairy and Freida Fairy went mushroom collecting in the forest. Fiona collected 5 mushrooms. Freida picked 9 times as many mushrooms as Fiona. How many more mushrooms than Fiona did Freida pick?

2nd Grade Math Story Problems: Question 11

When I was sailing in my yacht last month, a pirate ship caught sight of my yacht and chased me. When it finally caught up with my yacht, the pirates boarded my yacht and began to attack me. I stabbed 4 swaggering pirates in their bellies with my sword. I hacked off the heads of 7 times as many pirates with my axe. How many more pirates did I kill with my axe than my sword?

Singapore Math Worksheets: Homeschool Math Practice: Question 12

Jason woke up one night to find that there were 6 ninjas in his bedroom. He fled to his parents' bedroom but to his surprise, there were 4 times as many sumo wrestlers there as the ninjas in his bedroom. How many more sumo wrestlers than ninjas were in his house?

2nd Grade Math Story Problems: Question 13

There were too many cockroaches haunting the police station. Hoggy Policeman went to a store to buy some bullets to shoot the cockroaches. He bought 5 bullets that cost $7 each. If he paid the cashier with 1 $100 note, how much money did the cashier return to him?

Singapore Math Worksheets: Homeschool Math Practice: Question 14

I entered a large supermarket to buy 9 loaves of bread to make frog sandwich for dinner. If each loaf cost $4, how much money did the cashier return to me when I paid her with 2 $20 notes?

2nd Grade Math Story Problems: Question 15

Professor Pickle went to a science store and bought 8 mermaid's eyes to conduct a mad experiment. Each eye cost $10. The professor paid the cashier with a $50 note and 2 $20 notes. How much change did he get?

Singapore Math Worksheets: Homeschool Math Practice: Question 16

I sauntered into a supermarket and bought 3 geckos' tails that cost $6 each. If I paid the cashier a $10 dollar note and 2 $5 notes, how much money did the cashier return to me?

2nd Grade Math Story Problems: Question 17

Snake Mommy baked 5 trays of rat-tail muffins for her cute babies. Each tray contained 10 delicious rat-tail muffins, and her children eagerly gobbled up 29 of the muffins. How many muffins were left for Snake Daddy?

Singapore Math Worksheets: Homeschool Math Practice: Question 18

John, Joe, Jim and Jake caught 7 wailing walruses each in the sea. If the boys barbecued and wolfed down 13 of the walruses, how many walruses were left?

2nd Grade Math Story Problems: Question 19

I have 6 swordfish in an aquarium in my living room. When my friends came over last week, they decided to have some fun. They jumped into the aquarium and began to tease the swordfish mercilessly. The enraged swordfish impaled 4 naughty boys each. I tried to save the boys but unluckily 16 of them died. How many boys survived?

Singapore Math Worksheets: Homeschool Math Practice: Question 20

When I woke up in the middle of the night, last Friday, I was startled to see 4 eight-headed monsters glaring at me. I pulled out my shotgun from under my bed sheet and blew 8 ugly heads off. How many heads were still attached to necks when the monsters fled screaming?

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Singapore Math Worksheet: No. 16 - Answers

Q1 - 30, Q2 - 21, Q3 - $40

Q4 - 32, Q5 - $40, Q6 - 28,

Q7 - 48, Q8 - 36, Q9 - 14

Q10 - 40, Q11 - 24, Q12 - 18

Q13 - $65, Q14 - $4, Q15 - $10, Q16 - $2

Q17 - 21, Q18 - 15, Q19 - 8, Q20 - 24

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