Examples for 2nd grade pupils

  1. Steps 6
    steps Going up to his room will take 7 steps up to the landing. Another 9 steps to reach his room. How many steps all in all?
  2. Hugo has
    jablka_18 Hugo has 12 apples, Julka has seven more than Hugo and six less than Anna. How many apples have Anna and how many Julka?
  3. Trees
    hrusky_7 In the orchard, 38 apple trees and 20 pear trees grew. How many trees there grow?
  4. Kangaroo
    klokan_1 Kangaroo do 10 jumps in 1 minute and then three minutes lie , then will make 10 jumps in 1 minute and 3 minutes lie, and so on. Find the shortest time in which kangaroo do 30 jumps.
  5. Tadeus
    mince_2 Tadeus and Jolana have a total of CZK 15. Jolana has half that of Tadeus. Nevertheless, Jolana has 3 coins and Tadeus 2. Which coin does Tadeus have and which Jolan?
  6. Goat, cabbage and wolf
    goat__wolf_and_cabbage A man once had to travel with a wolf, a goat and a cabbage. He had to take good care of them, since the wolf would like to taste a.piece of goat if he would get the chance, while the goat appeared to long for a tasty cabbage. After some traveling, he sudde
  7. Swallows
    vtak 7 swallows 8 tits and 8 sparrows sitting on a wire. How many total flyoff bird sitting on a wire?
  8. Rolls
    rozky_2 Mom every day buys 6 rolls. On Friday buys 2 times as much. How many rolls buys on Friday?
  9. Seals
    tulene There are 10 seals on floe. a) On Wednesday arrived a six and departed 2 seals. How many seals are on the floe? b) on Thursday arrived a 5 seals more then departed. How many seals are on the floe?
  10. Microsaving
    boy_1 Honza saved 72 crowns. Pepík saved 9 crowns more than Honza. How many crowns saved Pepík?
  11. Zucchini
    cukety One zucchini costs 5 CZK. How much would cost four?
  12. On the tree
    vrabce_1 15 squids and sparrows sat on the tree. Sparrows were 8 less than squids. How many sparrows were sitting at the tree?
  13. Salat
    sazenice-okurek Grandmother planted salad. In each row he planted 13 seedlings. After a morning frost many seedlings died. The first row five seedlings died. In the second row two seedlings died more than 1st row. In the third row three seedlings died less than 1st row. T
  14. Shoes
    obuv Joseph had one pair of sandals, one pair of hiking shoes, 1 pair of botas, one pair of church shoes. How many pieces of shoes had together?
  15. Winnie
    bears Winnie Hugo had the right paw 10 punches and on 15 left more. How many punches has on left paw?
  16. Fisherman
    rybar-ryba Fisherman caught 32 fish, which is four times more than last year. How many fish he caught last year?
  17. Flowers & garden
    flowers_2 The garden grows 5 white flowers. Yellow 7 more than white. Blue 4 fewer than yellow. How many flowers grow together in the garden?
  18. Trickster
    cents_2 Figliarko has 13 cents less than Hana. Together they have 57 cents. How many cents has Hana and how many Figliarko?
  19. Chestnuts
    gastany_1 Mary harvested 45 chestnuts. Christian harvested 56 chestnuts more. How many chestnuts gathered together?
  20. Free postage
    obchod Dad found out that when ordering goods over the Internet and will pay more than 60 euros do not pay a fee for postal delivery. He chose goods for 10, 20 and 15 euros. How many euros do we have pay for goods for free postage?

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