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Getting ready for 2nd grade math

Find a useful starting point before a new school year. Answer twelve questions, review the reasoning, and choose a manageable practice routine.

What this check covers

  • Understanding tens and ones
  • Adding within twenty by making ten
  • Using addition and subtraction fact families
  • Comparing numbers
  • Subtracting within twenty
  • Equal shares

Allow 15–25 minutes with paper for working. Use “Not sure yet” freely. Try without a calculator unless your normal learning support requires one. These are selected prerequisites, not the entire grade curriculum. High-school course order varies; our grade 11 check emphasizes Algebra 2 foundations and grade 12 emphasizes precalculus/calculus foundations.

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2nd Grade entry check

12 questions · No time limit

Choose an answer or enter it as shown. You can include units. Select “Not sure yet” to mark a skill for practice. Results stay on this page unless you download them.

1 Write 4 tens and 7 ones as a number.
2 How many tens and ones are in 52?
3 Find 7 + 5.
4 Find 9 + 4.
5 Use 7 + 2 = 9 to find 9 − 7.
6 Complete __ + 6 = 10.
7 Which is larger: 63 or 36?
8 Which is smaller: 45 or 54?
9 Find 16 − 7.
10 Find 13 − 5.
11 A whole has 4 equal parts. What is one part called?
12 A whole has 2 equal parts. What is one part called?