Free Year 2 Maths Worksheets
Maths worksheet: ordering amounts of money
Children in the Early Years get plenty of opportunity to handle coins and work on ordering small amounts of money. Yet, when children get older and the numbers get larger this is a concept which is often not practised in school. So here we have a maths worksheet which looks specifically at ordering 2-digit amounts of money written in pence.
There are four amounts in each row and it is best to take a step by step approach; first of all finding the smallest number, writing it in the answer column and then crossing it out on the top row. Crossing out is important as it can easily be seen that that number has been eliminated. Then proceed to the next number and so on.
Resource of the Week: Year 2 block graphs
It is in year 2 that children really get to grips with simple block graphs and here is one of the superb sets of year 2 maths worksheets which URBrainy.com have allowed me to publish. There are two aspects to block graphs. Firstly, interpreting a graph and understanding what it shows. Secondly, collecting suitable data to create a block graph.
This page is suitable for 6/7 year old children and looks at the favourite sandwich fillings of a class:- always a popular subject.
The first page involves interpreting the results of the graph, whilst the second page is a template which can be printed and used by the child to show the results of their own survey. It is well worth going to URBrainy as a simple log in process allows access to all their resources for a week as well as printing up to ten sets of worksheets. If you are looking for full and detailed coverage of Key Stage 1 then I can highly recommend this.
Telling the time in Year 2
Time is one of the most searched for subject areas on the site. By the end of year 3 children are expected to read the time on a 12 hour digital clock, and to the nearest 5 minutes on an analogue clock. They are also expected to be able to calculate time intervals and find start and finishing times for a given time interval.
This worksheet looks at working out the times of TV programmes and how long they last. Working within units of 5 minutes much of this is straightforward. However working out the start times is a little more tricky and children need to be confident with telling the time to 5 minutes.
Newspapers and TV programme listings are a really good source of material for work on time and can also result in a lot of discussion about favourite programmes etc. They can also be used as a data source for graph work.
This page and others can be found in the Year 2 Measuring category.
Year 2 number challenge
Open ended questions are an excellent way to reinforce mathematical concepts, practice number skills and find out about some of the amazing patterns in maths. This maths worksheet is posted in our Year 2 category, under Using and Applying Maths and has proved to be one of our most popular resources.
The problem is to find as many ways as possible to make a total of 12 using three of the numbers on the cards. (Cards cannot be used twice in the same total so 4, 4 and 4 would not be allowed.)
It would be a good idea to have some cards printed with the digits on so that they can be cut out to help with this. They are available in the reception maths worksheets section.
Plenty of practice here at adding three small numbers. Also encourage working in a logical order and setting out results in a clear, logical way. There is no reason why recordings cannot be made of totals that are not 12.
Again plenty of opportunity for talking about the numbers and what counts as a different way. Is 1 + 2 + 9 the same as 2 + 1 + 9 ?
Year 2 investigation: 3 dice totals
Dice are a great resource to help with addition and logical thinking. This investigation looks at how many different ways a total of 12 can be made with three dice.
In fact this could be looked at in two different ways. If the dice were all different colours then there would be a great many more answers than if all three dice were the same and the order didn’t matter. For example the dice could be rolled as a 6, a 5 and a 1. With three similar dice this would be the same as 1, 5 and 6 or 5, 6 and 1.
if the colours were different it could be recorded as
red: 6 blue: 5 and green 1
red 5, blue 6 green 1 etc
I would recommend with young children to keep to three similar dice as there are, in fact, very few answers. See the answer page for this.
Look for logical thinking and a well organised way of displaying results.
Resource of the Week: One minute
When learning about time most people think about reading clock faces, but there is much more than this with young children. Getting a clear concept of amount of time is important for young children. In other words, what is it realistic to be able to done in one second, one minute or one hour? This page challenges children to complete a number of tasks in one minute, such as how tall a tower can be built using blocks/lego etc.
An important part of this is to make sure that they make an estimate/guess before starting which shows how realistic they are about time. This resource can be found in our Year 2 measurement section.
Year 2 Maths Worksheet: More missing numbers
The fourth, and probably last in a mini series of missing numbers on number grids. Each grid is part of a 1-100 number square with most of the numbers missing. The grid can be tackled in any order and it is interesting to see how confidently children approach this task. Some will be happiest by counting on in ones and filling in what they can before trying to count back in ones. Others will leap in and happily fill the columns in vertically, adding ten each time.
This and other similar pages can be found in the Year 2 Counting category.
Missing numbers on a number square (4)
Year 2 Maths worksheet: missing numbers on a number square
The third in my series on missing numbers on a number square which can be found in the Year 2 Counting category. Each grid shows a different section from a 1-100 number grid, with only a couple of the numbers filled in. The task is to complete the number grid.
This is very good practice at counting on and back in ones, from any 2-digit starting number. It is also very good at showing the patterns in numbers, for example by moving down the grid one space the number increases by ten.
Missing numbers on a number square (3)
Carroll diagrams: Year 2 Handling Data
Carroll diagrams are named after the famous writer, Lewis Carroll and are a way of grouping things in a ‘yes or no’ way. They can be as simple as just two boxes but usually they are seen as four boxes with two attributes. In this case the two attributes are swimming and riding a bike and the children either can or can’t do each.
Carroll diagrams are introduced in Year 2 as a means of sorting, but it is not until towards the end of the year, or Year 3 where they would meet these types of diagram. The second page has a set of questions about the diagram and suggests that children then go on to try to collect their own data and make their own Carroll diagram from this data.
Thanks to urbrainy.com for this particular set of pages and they have a great selection of Handling data resources at their site.
Multiply by one and ten
We often presume that much of what young children have to do in maths is self evident and easily understood by them. However, often this is not the case, especially if children have missed some time or not had enough practice to consolidate their learning. Here we have a simple exercise to just check that children really know what happens when numbers are multiplied by one and ten.
This page can be found in our Year 2, Know Number Facts section.
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