Year 2 maths resources: Week 9

We have gathered together a great selection of printable resources this week, to match the planning for Block D, Unit 1 Week 2. We are targeting: solving problems involving money addition of a single digit to 2-digits, completing number sentences subtracting 9 from a 2-digit number reading the time to...

Addition challenge

This week we are publishing a slightly different challenge.  A number sentence is presented with most of the digits missing and the challenge is to complete the number sentence correctly as many different ways as possible. In fact there are a limited number of solutions. The units digit has to...

Year 2 maths resources: Week 8

For those of you who like to have regular mental arithmetic practice at your fingertips then our weekly programme is ideal. Each week we publish four sets of ten mental arithmetic questions aimed directly at the programme of study that UK schools use in Year 2. This week the mental...

Addition helping subtraction

Most of the subtractions we ever do, we do 'in our heads', not on paper. Even if we use a calculator we should do a quick mental approximate answer to check that we haven't pressed the wrong keys. But, when we subtract 'in our heads' we frequently just add! For...

Year 2 maths resources: Week 7

We continue our fortnight on Handling Data and Measurement with another set of great resources. Firstly, there is a dice challenge, using two dice, recording and sorting information on totals thrown. We also have a number sorting activity. Both these are trickier than they first appear as the sorting gets...

Hundreds tens and units

Hundreds, tens and units are introduced in Year 2, but if children are to really understand these numbers they need to have a good understanding of place value. For example, in the number 234 the digit 4 has a value of 4 the digit 3 has a value of 30...