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Mental Math Strategies (Grade 2)

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Examples, solutions, videos, and songs to help Grade 2 students learn how to fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies. By end of Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers.

Common Core: 2.OA.2

Suggested Learning Target

  • I can use mental strategies (e.g., count on, make a ten) to add or subtract numbers within 20 with ease.
  • I can recall from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers.

2.OA.2 - Mental Math Strategies: Make 10
How to use mental strategies to add within 20 using the "make 10" strategy. This is one of the strategies suggested in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, 2.OA.2.



2.OA.2 - Mental Math Strategies: Use Known Equivalent Sums
How to use mental strategies to add within 20 using known sums to solve unknown sums? 2.OA.2 - Mental Math Strategies: Addition & Subtraction Relationship
How to use mental strategies to add and subtract within 20 using the relationship between addition and subtraction?

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