2nd grade · Math · Unit 3 of 16
Adding to 100
Bigger adding and take-aways
What your child practices
Two-digit adding and subtracting by working with tens and ones, including making a new ten.
Maine Learning Results learning standard: 2.NBT.B.5; 2.OA.A.1 · adding and subtracting within 100 using place value, including word problems
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practice.
- Add the tens first.
- Then add the ones.
- Put the two answers together. To take away, work the same way.
Example: 34 + 25 = ? Tens: 30 + 20 = 50. Ones: 4 + 5 = 9. 50 + 9 = 59. Answer: 59
Adding to 100 in Maine
In the Maine Learning Results, this is unit 3 of 16 in 2nd grade Math, after Facts to 20 and before Measuring.
Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.
Source: Maine Department of Education
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
What is 33 + 10?
33 + 10 = ?
- 42
- 43
- 38
43
Hint: Adding tens? Only the tens change: 3 tens + 1 tens = 4 tens.
Question 2
What is 60 + 15?
- 65
- 81
- 75
75
Hint: Add the tens: 60 + 10 = 70. Add the ones: 0 + 5 = 5. Together: 75.
Question 3
What is 47 + 29?
47 + 29 = ?
- 82
- 76
- 81
76
Hint: The ones make a new ten! 7 + 9 = 16. So 60 + 16 = 76.
Question 4
What is 24 + 10?
24 + 10 = ?
- 34
- 38
- 32
34
Hint: Add the tens: 20 + 10 = 30. Add the ones: 4 + 0 = 4. Together: 34.
Question 5
Ollie has 36 stickers. He gets 11 more. How many stickers now?
⭐36 + 11- 47
- 48
- 49
47
Hint: Add them together: 36 + 11. Add the tens, then the ones.
Question 6
What is 63 − 50?
63 − 50 = ?
- 13
- 10
- 15
13
Hint: Taking away tens? Only the tens change. 63 take away 5 tens is 13.