2nd Grade Math : 2nd Grade Math

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for 2nd Grade Math

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : Number Sense

What number is nine hundred forty-eight?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

 in word form is nine hundred forty-eight. 

Example Question #2 : 2nd Grade Math

For the number provided, what digit is in the hundreds place? 

 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

For three-digit numbers, there will be a ones place, a tens place, and a hundreds place. 

The digit in the ones place will always be the first number on the right, the tens place will be directly to the left of the ones place, and the hundreds place will be directly to the left of the tens place. See the diagram below. 

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For the number , the  is in the ones place, the  is in the tens place, and the  is in the hundreds place. 

 is the correct answer. 

Example Question #3 : 2nd Grade Math

For the number provided, what digit is in the tens place? 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

For three-digit numbers, there will be a ones place, a tens place, and a hundreds place. 

The digit in the ones place will always be the first number on the right, the tens place will be directly to the left of the ones place, and the hundreds place will be directly to the left of the tens place. See the diagram below. 

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For the number , the  is in the ones place, the  is in the tens place, and the  is in the hundreds place. 

 is the correct answer. 

Example Question #1 : Operations

Solve:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

When subtracting any number by  the only number that will change in your answer is the hundreds place. 

Example Question #1 : 2nd Grade Math

The pet store has  goldfish in a tank. A teacher bought  goldfish for her school’s fish tank. How many goldfish does the pet store have left? 

 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

This is a subtraction problem because we want to know how many goldfish the pet store has left over after the teacher buys the first and takes them away from the store. We take the number of goldfish that the store had and then subtract the number that the teacher bought. 

Example Question #3 : Operations

David is  taller than Alison. Alison is  tall. How tall is David? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

This is an addition problem because we have the difference in height from the question. Alison is  inches tall and David is  inches taller than her,  is our difference. We can add our difference to Alison's height to find out how tall David is. 

Example Question #2 : 2nd Grade Math

What is the perimeter of the rectangle provided?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The perimeter is the distance around a two-dimensional shape. To solve for the perimeter, we add all of the side lengths together. 

The perimeter of the rectangle provided is 

Example Question #2 : 2nd Grade Math

Mrs. Ryan's class had their class election today for their class president. The results are displayed in the chart below. 

Use the graph below to help answer the question. 

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Who is the new class president? 

Possible Answers:

Charlie 

Tony

Megan

Emily

Correct answer:

Emily

Explanation:

The winner of an election will be whoever receives the most votes. Let's look at the graph to determine how many votes each student received. We want to see how high each bar raises to determine the number of votes each student received. 

Megan: 

Tony: 

Emily: 

Charlie: 

 has the highest value, thus Emily received the most votes and is the new class president. 

Example Question #3 : 2nd Grade Math

If I have  dollar bills,  nickels, and  dimes, how much money do I have? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Each dollar bill is worth , each nickel is worth  and each dime is worth .

We have  dollar bills,  nickels, and  dimes.

      

When we add dollars and cents, we add dollars to dollars and cents to cents. 

 

We have  and  which is written as 

Example Question #4 : 2nd Grade Math

If I have 2 quarters and 3 pennies, how many cents do I have? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Each quarter is worth  and each penny is worth .

We have two quarters and three pennies. 

 

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