Manicure-Themed Math Worksheet for 2nd Grade — 15 Printable Questions (Ages 7–8, Also Suitable for a 10-Year-Old)

Instructions

Welcome to the Nail Salon! Read each math problem carefully and write your answer on the line.

1. Sarah has 8 bottles of pink nail polish and 7 bottles of purple nail polish. How many bottles does she have in total?
   Answer: _______________
2. You paint all 5 fingernails on your left hand and all 5 fingernails on your right hand. How many nails did you paint in total?
   Answer: _______________
3. Maria had 12 nail art stickers. She used 5 on her manicure. How many stickers does she have left?
   Answer: _______________
4. A nail salon has 24 bottles of red polish and 15 bottles of blue polish. How many red and blue bottles are there altogether?
   24 + 15 = _______________
5. There were 38 shiny gems in a jar. The manicurist used 16 gems. How many gems are left in the jar?
   38 - 16 = _______________
6. On Monday, the salon used 28 cotton balls. On Tuesday, they used 35 cotton balls. How many cotton balls did they use in total?
   Answer: _______________
7. A new box of nail files has 50 files. If the salon uses 12 files in one day, how many are left in the box?
   Answer: _______________
8. Look at the pattern of nail polish colors. What color comes next?
   Red, Blue, Pink, Red, Blue, Pink, _______________
9. You are decorating your nails. You add 3 pink gems, 4 silver gems, and 6 blue gems. How many gems did you use in total?
   Answer: _______________
10. A bottle of sparkly top coat costs 25 cents. A plain nail file costs 10 cents. Which item costs more?
    Answer: _______________
11. Each hand has 5 nails that need to be painted. If you paint the nails on three hands (your two and a friend's one), how many nails will you paint? Show it as an addition problem.
    _____ + _____ + _____ = _______________
12. You have 20 minutes for your manicure. It takes 8 minutes to file your nails. How many minutes are left to paint them?
    Answer: _______________
13. One manicurist helps 17 clients on Saturday. Another manicurist helps 14 clients. How many clients did they help together?
    Answer: _______________
14. A bottle of nail polish costs 45 cents. A nail sticker sheet costs 25 cents. How much more does the nail polish cost than the sticker sheet?
    Answer: _______________ cents
15. Count the bottles of polish and write the number. Each [P] is one bottle.
    [P] [P] [P] [P] [P] [P] [P] [P] [P] [P] [P] [P] [P] [P]
    Answer: _______________