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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.

TV programmes: telling the time

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 ?

Make 12

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.

3 dice problem

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.

One minute

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.

Carroll diagrams 1

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.

Multiplying by 1 and 10

Know number facts in Year 2

A lot is expected of children in Year 2, especially what they should know off by heart when calculating. By the end of the year they should:

• know all addition facts for two numbers up to a total of 10. (eg 4 + 5.)

• be able to derive subtraction facts for numbers up to 10. (eg if they know that 6 + 3 = 9, they can instantly work out that 9 – 6 = 3.)

• know all the pairs of whole numbers which total 20. (eg 16 + 4.)

• know all the pairs of multiples of 10 which total 100. (eg 30 + 70.)

• know the doubles of whole numbers up to a total of 20. (eg double 7.)

• understand that halving is the inverse of doubling and hence derive halving facts from their knowledge of doubling. (eg if double 8 is 16, then half 16 is 8.)

• recall 2, 5 and 10 times-tables. (eg know 5 x 6.)

• work out related division facts. (eg if 5 times 2 is 10, then 10 divided by 5 is 2.)

Now, that is quite a lot to know with instant recall, and they will need plenty of practice to achieve this. Why not go to our Year 2 Knowing and Using Number facts to help them on their way?

Year 2 Knowing Number Facts

Year 2 maths worksheet: Christmas decorations

Here we have a festive maths worksheet suitable for year 2 or 3. How much will the Christmas decorations cost? The cost of the decorations are all whole tens of pence so this is good practice at adding multiples of 10.

With the later questions, which involve adding four multiples of ten it might be a good idea to encourage making jottings of the answer as they are added up.

Thanks to urbrainy.com for allowing me to publish this page from their vast collection of worksheets and games. Well worth taking a look at this site. It can also be found in our year 2 calculating section.

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