Free Y2 maths worksheets:

Free maths worksheet: making lists (pg 3)

dataSome more lists to make with these two maths worksheets, this time for year 2 children. By this age there are a large number of opportunities in the home for making and organising lists. Apart from the obvious shopping, going on holiday is a great source for list making – what clothes do we take, what food in the car etc etc. Jobs to do in the garden, flowers we have, TV programmes etc etc. You can also begin to categorise the lists into two sections: likes and dislikes, hot meals, cold meals, take aways, home cooking and so on.

Why do this? Because it helps with organising and classifying information which is very important later when creating graphs, using venn diagrams etc.

Free maths worksheet: Making lists (pg 3)

Free maths worksheet: Making lists (pg 4)

Free Y2 maths worksheets: Doubles

Free Y2 maths worksheets: Doubles

know graphicTwo kinds of question here. Firstly doubling whole tens, which should prove straightforward as long as doubling single digits is well established: if double 6 is known to be 12 then doubling 60 to get 120 can be derived quickly.

Secondly, and perhaps much harder, is doubling numbers in the teens. It is unlikely that these will be known, but it is important to establish quick methods of working them out.

Usually this will mean doing three things mentally and once children have to do more than one thing to get the answer then difficulties will arise.

Take doubling 17.

Stage 1: double 7 (which is known) 14

Stage 2: double the tens (which is known) 20

Stage 3: add the two 14 + 20 = 34.

Free Y2 maths worksheet: Doubles (pg 2)

Free Y2 maths worksheet: Doubles (pg 3)

Free Y2 maths worksheet: Counting back in tens

Free Y2 maths worksheet: Counting back in tens

counting imageNow we have two free maths worksheets which are all about counting back in tens. These two pages keep to whole tens, but they do cross the hundreds boundary. Counting down in tens from 120 might cause a few problems to begin with. It is best to do this out loud and again fingers can be used as an aid – one finger for each whole ten. In year 2 children are not expected to count below zero – although the more inquisitive might ask what happens.

Free Y2 maths worksheet: Counting back in tens (pg 1)

Free Y2 maths worksheet: Counting back in tens (pg 2)

Free Y2 maths worksheets: Counting in tens

Free Y2 maths worksheets: Counting in tens

count graphicIn year 1 children will have begun to count in whole tens up to 100, but many of them will not be confident in doing this. Don’t even begin this until they are very confident with counting up in ones.

These two maths worksheets only cover counting up in whole tens, starting from a whole ten. Later, counting on in tens from different starting points (such as 42) can be introduced.

Free Y2 maths worksheet: Counting in tens (pg 1)

Free Y2 maths worksheet: Counting in tens (pg 2)

Free Y2 maths worksheets: Comparing and measuring lines

Free Y2 maths worksheets: Comparing and measuring lines

measure imageThe ruler, with whole centimetres on, is introduced in Year 2. It is possible, but not easy, to get rulers with just cm on. You will probably have to make do with a ruler with both cm and mm on. These two worksheets look at short, straight lines and ask for a comparison: which is longest? Your children can measure these lines with a ruler but before they do so always ask them to have a guess (or estimate) about how long they think they are in centimetres. This is a habit which they should get into early and always keep!
When printing these free maths worksheets, make sure that you do not have the option ‘fit to page’ or similar page scaling options on, as this could affect the length of the lines when printing. All the free maths worksheets have been produced as A4 pages.

Free Y2 maths worksheet: Comparing and measuring lines (pg 1)

Free Y2 maths worksheet: Comparing and measuring lines (pg 2)

Free Y2 maths worksheets: Doubling and halving

knowBy the end of year 2 (children aged between 6 and 7) children are expected to know doubles of all numbers up to 20 and to be able to quickly derive halves. This is quite a tall order, so plenty of practice and repetition is needed. The first of these pages gives you examples of the type of questions to ask and there is still a place for using apparatus (coins, counters etc) to double or half amounts. The second is an example of doubling numbers in the teens. Don’t go onto these until your child is very confident and knowledgeable about doubling single figures.

Some numbers are easy to double and to learn eg 5. Numbers above 5 are harder as they give answers in the teens. It also helps to know what odd and even mean. Keep halving to even numbers at this stage, although in the real world they will soon come into contact with halving odd numbers.

Free Y2 maths worksheet: Doubling and halving (pg 1)

Free Y2 maths worksheet: Doubling and halving (pg 2)

Free Y2 maths worksheets: Making subtraction number stories (pg3 and 4)

Free Y2 maths worksheets: Making subtraction number stories (pg3 and 4)

usingmaths1These worksheets are from the Using and Applying Maths section of the Primary Framework for Maths. In schools this strand is considered very important as it shows how well children understand the maths that they have learned and how well they can apply it to different situations. Both these worksheets look at subtraction and making up number sentences. Think of subtraction as taking away one number from a larger number and try to encourage writing three short sentences using the numbers provided, but using different ideas from those provided.

Free Y2 maths worksheets: Making subtraction number stories (pg 3)

Free Y2 maths worksheets: Making subtraction number stories (pg 4)

Free Y2 maths worksheets: Activities with 2-D and 3-D shapes

Free maths worksheets: activities with 2-D and 3-D shapes

shape 2Not so much worksheets as some ideas on what to do to encourage recognition and understanding of shapes. It is using the vocabulary of shape which is crucial at this stage and asking children to describe the features of shapes is a good way to do this.

Shapes are all around us and children of 6 and 7 years old should have the opportunity to build shapes using any of the varied construction toys on the market (eg Lego).

Free Y2 maths worksheet: Activities with 2-D shapes

Free Y2 maths worksheet: Activities with 3-D shapes

Free Y2 maths worksheets: Two numbers to make a total

Free Y2 maths worksheets: Two numbers to make a total

calculate 2Here we have 2 free maths worksheets of a slightly different nature. The total for the answer is given and it is the two numbers to make the answer which are needed. Each problem asks for two solutions. Obviously there are several options using whole numbers to make a total such as 13. Some children will go for the easy option and choose 12 + 1, whilst others will go for harder sums such as 7 + 6.

An interesting progression to this is to ask for all the possible combinations of making 13 and see if children can organise these in a logical order.

Free Y2 maths worksheets: Two numbers to make a total (pg 1)

Free Y2 maths worksheets: Two numbers to make a total (pg 2)

Free Y2 maths worksheets: Adding and subtracting.

Free Y2 maths worksheets adding and subtracting numbers up to 10

know2A couple of speed trials aimed to improve rapid recall of basic addition and subtraction facts. Eventually knowledge of addition of single digits should become second nature – children do not need to work them out, but know them just like they know their name! Subtraction facts can then quickly be worked out from this knowledge.

Free Y2 maths worksheets: Adding numbers up to 10

Free Y2 maths worksheets: Subtracting numbers up to 10