Essential Math Skills for 2nd Graders

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January 3, 2025

The 2nd grade math student:

Continues learning to add and subtract, to carry and borrow 2- and 3-digit numbers, solves word problems, and works addition and subtraction facts vertically and horizontally.
Completes timed drills and oral drills.
Learns to relate multiplication to addition.
Counts and writes by twos, fives, and tens; counts and writes from 1–500; writes numbers in place values of 1s, 10s, and 100s; and writes numbers on a calendar.
Recognizes and writes number words.
Learns to identify odd and even numbers.
Reviews telling time.
Reviews numbers that are greater than and less than.
Learns to relate cent signs to pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.
Learns to measure objects in inches and centimeters, and compares equivalents for cups to pint, pints to quart, and quarts to gallon.
Recognizes and constructs geometric shapes.