Common Core: 2nd Grade Math : Common Core Math: Grade 2

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

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Example Questions

Example Question #913 : Operations

The pet store has  tanks for frogs. The first tank has  frogs and the second tank has  frogs. How many total frogs does the pet store have? 

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This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total frogs the pet store has all together. We can either add  or  

Example Question #22 : Use Addition And Subtraction Within 100 To Solve One And Two Step Word Problems: Ccss.Math.Content.2.Oa.A.1

Spike, Greg’s dog, has lots of toys! He has  balls and  stuffed toys. How many total toys does Spike have? 

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This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total toys Spike has all together. We can either add  or 

Example Question #25 : Using Addition Within 100 To Solve Word Problems

During a baseball game, the green team scored  points and the yellow team scored  points. How many total points were scored during the game? 

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This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total points were scored in the baseball game all together. We can either add  or  

Example Question #133 : How To Add

During a sleepover, Maggie and Alex want to play all the games in Alex’s toy closet. They play  games on Friday night and  games on Saturday. How many total games do they play? 

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This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total games Alex and Maggie played all together. We can either add  or  

Example Question #24 : Use Addition And Subtraction Within 100 To Solve One And Two Step Word Problems: Ccss.Math.Content.2.Oa.A.1

This weekend is John’s birthday. He has a party on both Saturday and Sunday! On Saturday he got  gifts and on Sunday he got  gifts. How many total gifts did John get for his birthday? 

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This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total gifts John got for his birthday all together. We can either add  or  

Example Question #134 : How To Add

Todd’s street is having a block party. Todd sees  families setting up tables and  families setting up games. How many total families does Todd see? 

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This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total families Todd sees all together. We can either add  or  

Example Question #141 : How To Add

Drew has homework in his English class and his science class. He has  chapters to read in his science book and  chapters to read in his English book. How many total chapters does Drew have to read? 

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This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total chapters Drew has to read all together. We can either add  or  

Example Question #142 : How To Add

There are  girls and  boys in the second grade. How many total students are in the second grade? 

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This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total students are in the second grade all together. We can add  or 

Example Question #81 : How To Add

For the school play, there are  singing parts and  talking parts. How many total parts are in the play? 

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This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total parts are in the play all together. We can either add  and  

Example Question #82 : How To Add

We ordered a large pizza and a medium pizza. The large pizza has  slices of pizza and the medium pizza has  slices of pizza. How many total slices of pizza are there? 

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This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total slices of pizzas they have all together. We can either add  or  

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