Grade 2 Math practice

25 Grade 2 math lessons, including skip counting patterns, what comes next?, even and odd, sort even and odd, place value, order numbers to 100 and more. Each one has a short video where Pip explains the idea, a worked example, and endless new practice questions with step-by-step help when a child gets stuck.

Step 1: Skip counting patterns

A pattern grows by the same amount each time. Find the jump, then keep jumping.

Example: 50, 60, 70, 80, ?

Tip: Check your jump on two different pairs of numbers to be sure.

Step 2: What comes next?

Skip counting adds the same amount each time.

Example: Match each pattern to its next number.

Tip: Find how much it grows each time.

Step 3: Even and odd

Even numbers can be split into two equal groups. Odd numbers always have one left over.

Example: Even or odd? 27

Tip: Only the ones digit matters: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 are even.

Step 4: Sort even and odd

Even numbers end in 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8. Odd numbers end in 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9.

Example: Is each number even or odd?

Tip: Look only at the last digit.

Step 5: Place value

Where a digit sits tells you what it is worth: ones, tens or hundreds.

Example: Which digit is in the ones place? 354

Tip: Read the places from the right: ones, tens, hundreds.

Step 6: Order numbers to 100

Compare tens first, then ones.

Example: Put the numbers in order, smallest first.

Tip: More tens means a bigger number.

Step 7: True or false: place value

The place of a digit tells its value.

Example: Is this true or false? In 141, the digit 1 is worth 100.

Tip: In 352, the 3 is in the hundreds place.

Step 8: Add two-digit numbers

Add the ones, then add the tens. If the ones make 10 or more, carry a ten.

Example: 21 + 32

Tip: Always start with the ones column on the right.

Step 9: Ways to make 50

Different number sentences can have the same answer.

Example: Choose every one that equals 50.

Tip: Work out each one, then compare.

Step 10: Subtract two-digit numbers

Subtract the ones, then the tens. If there are not enough ones, borrow a ten.

Example: 50 − 13

Tip: Borrowing turns 1 ten into 10 ones. The number is the same, just shared out differently.

Step 11: Add three numbers

To add three numbers, add two first, then add the third.

Example: 16 + 4 + 15

Tip: Look for a pair that makes 10 or 20 and add those first.

Step 12: Story problems: how many more?

"How many more" asks for the difference between two amounts. Subtract the smaller from the bigger.

Example: Nora has 48 marbles. Lucas has 5 marbles. How many more marbles does Nora have than Lucas?

Tip: You can also count up from the smaller number to the bigger one.

Step 13: Hundreds, tens and ones

A three-digit number is hundreds, tens and ones put together.

Example: 600 + 50 + 9

Tip: 400 + 60 + 2 is written 462: one digit for each place.

Step 14: Build a 3-digit number

In 324, the 3 means 3 hundreds, the 2 means 2 tens and the 4 means 4 ones.

Example: Build the number: 3 hundreds, 6 tens and 8 ones.

Tip: Hundreds, then tens, then ones.

Step 15: Add and subtract 10 or 100

Adding 10 changes the tens digit. Adding 100 changes the hundreds digit.

Example: 250 − 10

Tip: Find the digit in the right place and change just that one.

Step 16: Number line to 100

On a number line counted by 10s, each jump is 10.

Example: Tap where 30 + 30 lands.

Tip: Count by 10s: 10, 20, 30…

Step 17: Count coins

Each coin has a value in cents. Count the biggest coins first, then add the rest.

Example: How many cents? 25¢ 25¢ 10¢ 10¢ 10¢ 5¢

Tip: A quarter is 25¢, a dime is 10¢ and a nickel is 5¢.

Step 18: Money words

Canadian money has special names: a $1 coin is a loonie and a $2 coin is a toonie.

Example: How many dimes make one dollar? (type the number)

Tip: Loonie: $1. Toonie: two loonies, $2.

Step 19: Tell time to 5 minutes

The long hand counts minutes. Each number on the clock is 5 more minutes.

Example: How many minutes after the hour? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Tip: Count by 5s around the clock: 5, 10, 15, 20…

Step 20: Read bar graphs

A bar graph shows amounts as bars. Read the number at the top of each bar.

Example: How many plums were picked? 0 2 4 6 8 10 Apples Pears Grapes Plums

Tip: Follow the top of the bar straight across to the numbers on the side.

Step 21: Shortest to longest

We can compare lengths: a pencil is shorter than a desk.

Example: Put these in order from shortest to longest.

Tip: Picture each thing next to the others.

Step 22: Equal groups

Equal groups have the same number in each group. Skip count to find how many in all.

Example: 2 groups of 4. How many in all?

Tip: 3 groups of 4: count 4, 8, 12.

Step 23: Name the fraction

A fraction names part of a whole. The bottom number tells how many equal parts. The top tells how many are shaded.

Example: What fraction is shaded? ? /6

Tip: Count the shaded parts for the top number.

Step 24: Shade the fraction

The bottom number says how many equal parts. The top says how many to shade.

Example: Shade 1/2 of the squares.

Tip: Shade the top number of squares.

Step 25: Repeat loops

A loop repeats the same code many times. "Repeat 3 times: move 4" moves 4 + 4 + 4 = 12 steps.

Example: The robot 🤖 starts at 0 . It runs this code: repeat 2 times: move 4 → Where does it stop?

Tip: Skip count by the number of steps, once for each repeat.

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