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Compare Word Problems: How Many More or Fewer? Worksheets for 2nd Grade

Stories that compare two amounts: how many more, how many fewer, or who has more. 15 free printable worksheets, each with an answer key.

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Free Compare Word Problems: How Many More or Fewer? Worksheets

Click a worksheet to open the PDF, or grab the matching answer key. Every sheet prints on one page.

Compare Word Problems: How Many More or Fewer: what children learn

Compare stories ask for the difference between two amounts, or for one amount when the other and the difference are known. Lining the two groups up or drawing two bars makes the difference easy to see.

Compare Word Problems: How Many More or Fewer: worked example

Omar has 72 marbles. Ella has 45 marbles. How many more marbles does Omar have than Ella? 27

Find the difference. 72 - 45 = 27, so Omar has 27 more marbles.

Compare Word Problems: How Many More or Fewer: a common mistake to watch for

Children often add whenever they see "more" and subtract whenever they see "fewer". But "Ella has 5 fewer than Omar" means Omar has more, so you add to find how many Omar has.

Compare Word Problems: How Many More or Fewer: how to help at home or in class

Line up two rows of small objects side by side, 12 buttons in one row and 7 in the other, matching them pair by pair. The buttons left over show how many more, which is 5. Then do the same with a drawn bar for bigger numbers. Have your child say the answer in a full sentence. When your child handles fewer as easily as more, three-digit addition stories can begin.

What is on these Compare Word Problems: How Many More or Fewer worksheets

This set has 15 different worksheets for 2nd grade, with 5 questions on each and a matching answer key for every sheet. The instruction printed on each worksheet is: “Read each story. Write the answer.”

Example questions like the ones on these worksheets, with their answers:

  • Theo has 80 erasers. Theo has 11 fewer erasers than Emma. How many erasers does Emma have?91
  • There are 30 blue flowers and 17 yellow flowers in a vase. How many more blue flowers are there than yellow flowers?13
  • Nora has 61 oranges. Max has 46 oranges. How many more oranges does Nora have than Max?15
  • Marcus has 44 robots. Emma has 43 more robots than Marcus. How many robots does Emma have?87
  • There are 63 big cookies and 38 small cookies in a jar. How many fewer small cookies are there than big cookies?25

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