The New Zealand Curriculum · Phase 1
Year 2 Maths Worksheets
For the second year at school (Year 2), the topics Mathematics and Statistics covers in the New Zealand Curriculum, with the skills we have worksheets for, each described in our own words.
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What students learn in Year 2 Mathematics and Statistics
New Zealand Year 2 Mathematics and Statistics has 5 topics: Numbers and calculating; Patterns, rules and equations; Measuring, time and money; Shapes, position and space; and Data and graphs. Our worksheets cover 38 skills in all 5. The most are in Numbers and calculating, with 23 skills, such as addition facts within 20, subtraction facts within 20 and adding multi-digit numbers with carrying. The others are in Patterns, rules and equations (4 skills); Measuring, time and money (9 skills); Shapes, position and space (5 skills); and Data and graphs (2 skills). Each skill below says in plain words what your child works on, with links to its worksheets.
Numbers and calculating
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- Subtraction facts within 20. Know the subtraction facts within 20, using the addition facts they belong to. Worksheets: Subtraction Facts from 11 to 20 · Subtraction Facts to 20 in Columns.
- Adding multi-digit numbers with carrying. Add numbers with two or more digits in columns, carrying when a column makes ten or more. Worksheets: Two-Digit Addition without Regrouping · Two-Digit Addition with Regrouping.
- Subtracting multi-digit numbers with borrowing. Subtract numbers with two or more digits in columns, borrowing from the next place when needed. Worksheets: Two-Digit Subtraction without Regrouping · Two-Digit Subtraction with Regrouping.
- Numbers and jumps on a number line. Count forward and back along a number line, by ones and by skip counting in 2s, 5s and 10s, write the number that belongs at a point or in a gap, and add or subtract by jumping forward or back in ones or tens. Worksheets: Number Line to 120 · Skip Counting by 10s on a Number Line · Skip Counting by 5s on a Number Line · Skip Counting by 2s on a Number Line · Jumps of 10 on a Number Line · Jumps of 10 on a Number Line from Any Number.
- Counting and writing numbers to 120. Count on and back from any number up to 120, read and write the numbers, name the number before and after, and skip count by 2s, 5s and 10s. Worksheets: 120 Chart: Fill in the Missing Numbers · 120 Chart: Fill in the Chart · Parts of a 120 Chart.
- Tens and ones, and hundreds, tens and ones. See a two-digit number as tens and ones and a three-digit number as hundreds, tens and ones: show it with base-ten blocks, write the number that blocks show, write it in a place value chart, and in expanded form and in words. Worksheets: Tens and Ones with Base Ten Blocks · Tens and Ones: Write the Number · Draw Tens and Ones · Hundreds, Tens, and Ones with Base Ten Blocks · Place Value Chart: Tens and Ones · Place Value Chart: Hundreds, Tens, and Ones and 2 more.
- Comparing and ordering two- and three-digit numbers. Compare two numbers to 999 by their hundreds, then their tens, then their ones, write the result with >, < or =, and put numbers in order from least to greatest or greatest to least. Worksheets: Greater Than, Less Than with Base Ten Blocks · Greater Than, Less Than: Two-Digit Numbers · Comparing Three-Digit Numbers · Ordering Numbers to 100 · A Number Greater or Less to 120.
- Ten more and ten less, 100 more and 100 less; adding and taking away tens. Find 10 more and 10 less than a two-digit number, and 10 or 100 more or less than a three-digit number, without counting; add and take away tens, and add tens or ones to a two-digit number. Worksheets: 10 More and 10 Less · Adding and Subtracting Tens · Adding Tens and Ones to a Two-Digit Number · Adding Ones to a Two-Digit Number · Adding Ones: Make the Next Ten · Subtracting Tens.
- Equal parts of shapes: halves, thirds and quarters. Split circles, squares and rectangles into equal parts, tell equal parts from unequal ones, name the parts halves, thirds and quarters, cut a rectangle into rows and columns of squares, and see that equal parts of the same whole can have different shapes. Worksheets: Equal or Not Equal Parts · Equal Parts: Halves to Fourths · Shade a Half or a Fourth · Shade a Half, Third, or Fourth · Name the Part: Half or Fourth · Halves, Thirds, and Fourths and 6 more.
- Equal groups and arrays. Find the total of equal groups and of rows and columns in an array by repeated addition, write it as a multiplication, and share a total into equal groups for division. In Years 2 and 3, add small equal groups and share up to 12 equally. Worksheets: Arrays and Repeated Addition · Sharing into Equal Groups · Sharing Equally to 12 · Repeated Addition: Equal Groups and Arrays · Finding the Whole from One Part.
- Odd and even numbers. Tell whether a group of up to 40 objects is odd or even by pairing them up or counting by 2s, and write an even number as the sum of two equal addends. Worksheets: Odd and Even Numbers · Even Numbers as Doubles · Odd or Even? Pairs to 40 · Odd Numbers: Doubles Plus One · Draw the Pairs: Odd or Even? · Odd or Even: Numbers to 100.
- Number bonds and making 10. Split a number up to 10 into two parts in every way (7 is 5 and 2, 4 and 3), find the number that makes 10 with another, and make 10 with two or more numbers. Worksheets: Make 10 with Three Numbers.
- New Zealand money: coins, notes, change and decimals. Know the value of New Zealand coins and notes, total and make amounts in 10 cents, give change, and write dollars and cents with a decimal point. Worksheets: New Zealand Coins and Notes.
- Addition and subtraction word problems. Solve word problems that join, take away, put together, take apart and compare, with the unknown in any place, using drawings, number lines and equations, from within 10 in Year 1 to within 1,000 in Year 4. Worksheets: Missing Number Word Problems · Comparison Word Problems · Word Problems with Three Numbers · Word Problems Within 100 · Comparison Word Problems Within 100 · Three Addend Word Problems.
- The equal sign and missing numbers. See the equal sign as "the same as": tell whether equations such as 6 = 6 and 4 + 1 = 5 + 2 are true, find the missing number in any place (8 + ? = 11, 5 = ? - 3), and use the order and grouping properties to add. Worksheets: Missing Numbers to 100.
- Estimating and counting collections. Look at a collection of up to 200 objects, make a sensible estimate of how many there are, then count, by ones or in groups of 10, to check the estimate. Worksheets: Estimate and Count to 50 · Estimate and Count to 100.
- Mental calculation: estimating and quick ways to add and subtract. Estimate a sum or difference first, as more or less than a ten or as the closest ten, then work out the exact answer in your head; add and subtract 1, 10 and 100, doubles and near tens without writing the steps. Worksheets: Closest Ten, Then the Answer.
- Number and shape patterns from a rule. Make a number or shape pattern from a rule, find the rule of a pattern and the missing terms, fill in input-output tables, and compare two patterns made from two rules. Worksheets: Number Patterns to 100.
- Addition strategies within 20: doubles, near doubles and three numbers. Use facts you know to add within 20: learn the doubles, add one more or one less for a near double, and add three numbers by finding two that make 10. Worksheets: Doubles Facts to 20 · Doubles Plus One · Near Doubles: Plus or Minus One · Adding Three Numbers to 12 · Adding Three Numbers to 20.
- Addition and subtraction fact families. See that three numbers such as 5, 7 and 12 make two addition and two subtraction facts, and use an addition fact to subtract. Worksheets: Fact Families to 10 · Fact Families to 20.
- Addition and subtraction strategies: tell and explain them. Tell which strategy was used to add or subtract, and carry one out step by step: match a picture to its number sentence in Year 1; count on, count back, doubles plus one, make a ten, back to 10 and think addition within 20 in Year 2; break apart both numbers, tens then ones, a friendly number and switching the order to 100 in Year 3. Worksheets: Name the Strategy: Facts to 20 · Finish the Strategy: Facts to 20 · Name the Strategy: Numbers to 100 · Finish the Strategy: Numbers to 100.
- Properties of multiplication. Use the order property (4 × 6 = 6 × 4), the grouping property (3 × 5 × 2) and the distributive property (8 × 7 = 8 × 5 + 8 × 2) to multiply in easier steps. Worksheets: Multiplication in Any Order.
Patterns, rules and equations
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- Comparing and ordering two- and three-digit numbers. Compare two numbers to 999 by their hundreds, then their tens, then their ones, write the result with >, < or =, and put numbers in order from least to greatest or greatest to least. Worksheets: Greater Than, Less Than: Two-Digit Numbers · Comparing Three-Digit Numbers.
- Repeating patterns with shapes. Find the part of a pattern that repeats (AB, ABB, AAB, ABC), say what comes next, fill in a missing part, name the pattern, and make a pattern of their own. Worksheets: What Comes Next? AB Patterns · What Comes Next? ABB, AAB, and ABC Patterns · Find the Missing Shape · Name the Pattern · Patterns That Turn.
- The equal sign and missing numbers. See the equal sign as "the same as": tell whether equations such as 6 = 6 and 4 + 1 = 5 + 2 are true, find the missing number in any place (8 + ? = 11, 5 = ? - 3), and use the order and grouping properties to add. Worksheets: True or False Equations Within 20 · Make Both Sides Equal · Missing Numbers to 100.
- Counting objects to 20. Count a group of up to 20 things one by one, know that the last number said is how many there are, and show a number with dots in a ten frame, and name small amounts in dot patterns at a glance. Worksheets: Ordinal Numbers: First to Tenth.
Measuring, time and money
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- Telling the time on clock faces and digital clocks. Read and write the time on clocks with hands and on digital clocks: to the hour and half hour, then to 5 minutes and the quarter hours, then to the minute, and say whether a time is a.m. or p.m. Choose seconds, minutes or hours for how long something takes. Worksheets: Telling Time to the Half Hour · Telling Time: Hour and Half Hour · Telling Time: Quarter Past and Quarter To · Draw the Hands: to the Half Hour · Draw the Hands: Hour and Half Hour · Draw the Hands: Quarter Past and Quarter To and 2 more.
- Elapsed time in minutes. Find how many minutes pass from one time to another on clocks, and the time some minutes later or earlier, across the hour. Worksheets: Elapsed Time: How Many Minutes?.
- 2D shapes: names, sides and vertices. Name circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, hexagons and other polygons in any size and turn, count their sides and vertices, and tell what makes a shape that shape, such as three straight sides and a closed outline for a triangle. Draw the matching half of a shape, and tell when two shapes are the same size and shape. Worksheets: Name the Polygons.
- Comparing and measuring length. Put objects in order by length, compare lengths, and measure a length with same-size units, such as cubes or paper clips, laid end to end with no gaps. Tell what can be measured about a thing: its length, mass, capacity or area. Worksheets: Measuring with Cubes · Measuring with Paper Clips · 1 cm Cubes and a Ruler · Measure Twice: Cubes and Rods.
- Measuring length with a ruler. Measure with a ruler in inches and cm, from 0 or from another mark, to the nearest whole unit, half inch or quarter inch; estimate lengths in inches, feet, yards, cm and m; find how much longer one thing is than another; show measurements on a dot plot. Worksheets: Measuring to the Nearest cm · Measuring in cm, Not from Zero · How Much Longer? cm · Estimate Length: cm and m · Estimate, Then Measure: cm.
- Reading a calendar. Read the date on a calendar, name the days of the week and the months in order, and find days, weeks, holidays and seasons on a calendar page. Worksheets: Reading a Calendar · Calendar: Fill in the Missing Dates · Months of the Year · Days, Weeks, Months, and Years · Days in Each Month and Leap Years.
- Repeating patterns with shapes. Find the part of a pattern that repeats (AB, ABB, AAB, ABC), say what comes next, fill in a missing part, name the pattern, and make a pattern of their own. Worksheets: Patterns That Turn.
- Angles: naming, classifying and measuring. Name angles as acute, right, obtuse or straight by comparing them with a right angle, measure and draw angles in degrees with a protractor, and find a missing angle when two angles make a larger one. Worksheets: Turns and Right Angles.
Shapes, position and space
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- 2D shapes: names, sides and vertices. Name circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, hexagons and other polygons in any size and turn, count their sides and vertices, and tell what makes a shape that shape, such as three straight sides and a closed outline for a triangle. Draw the matching half of a shape, and tell when two shapes are the same size and shape. Worksheets: Name the Polygons · Sides and Vertices · Sides and Vertices of Polygons · Sort Shapes by Their Sides.
- 3D shapes: names, faces, edges and vertices. Tell flat shapes from solid ones, tell which solids roll, stack or do both, name cubes, rectangular prisms, cylinders, cones, spheres, pyramids and triangular prisms, see the flat shapes on their faces, and count the faces, edges and vertices of solids with flat faces. Worksheets: Name the 3D Shapes: Prisms and More · Faces, Edges, and Vertices · Faces of 3D Shapes.
- Position words. Use words such as above, below, beside, in front of, behind, next to, inside and outside to say where objects are, and draw an object in a named place. Worksheets: Follow the Steps on a Map · Write the Directions on a Map · Reading a Map.
- Repeating patterns with shapes. Find the part of a pattern that repeats (AB, ABB, AAB, ABC), say what comes next, fill in a missing part, name the pattern, and make a pattern of their own. Worksheets: Patterns That Turn.
- Coding without a computer: follow, write and fix code. Follow a set of instructions on a grid to see where it ends, write the instructions for a path, find and fix the mistake in a set of instructions, and use repeats (loops) and choices (if) in later years, all on paper. Worksheets: Coding on a Grid: Steps in Order · Coding on a Grid: Two Robots at Once.
Data and graphs
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math/second-year/statistics.interpretation-of-data.practices/02-761d7c- Picture graphs and tally charts. Count things into groups and record them with tally marks; read and draw picture graphs where one picture stands for 1, 2 or 5; answer how many, how many more or fewer, and how many in all. Worksheets: Reading Tally Charts · Make a Tally Chart · Reading Picture Graphs · Picture Graphs: Four Groups · Make a Picture Graph · Picture Graph Questions.
- Bar graphs. Read and draw bar graphs, upright and across, on a scale of 1, 2, 5 or 10, and solve one- and two-step how many more and how many fewer problems from them. Worksheets: Reading Bar Graphs · Make a Bar Graph · Bar Graph Word Problems.
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