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The document describes several strategies for 2nd grade students to fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental math: counting on or back on a number line, making ten by breaking apart numbers, and using visual models like ten frames, hundreds boards, and math mountains. The goal is for students to know all single-digit addition facts from memory by the end of 2nd grade.

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Addsub Strategies

The document describes several strategies for 2nd grade students to fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental math: counting on or back on a number line, making ten by breaking apart numbers, and using visual models like ten frames, hundreds boards, and math mountains. The goal is for students to know all single-digit addition facts from memory by the end of 2nd grade.

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2nd Grade Addition and Subtraction Strategies

2.OA.2 Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies. By end of Grade 2, know from
memory all sums of two one-digit numbers.

Counting On
9+8= ?
Begin with the larger number, 9. Count on forward 8 from 9 starting with the
number 10. I counted on 8 numbers, arriving at 17 which is my answer.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
(9), 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

15-8= ?
Begin with the larger number, 15. Count on backwards from 15 starting with the
number 14. I counted on 8 numbers, arriving at 7 which is my answer.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
(15), 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7
Making Ten (using a ten frame)

7+6= ? I know that 7 is the larger number and is closer to ten. I will fill the first ten
frame with 7, and use 3 from the 6 to make a ten. The 3 that are left over will go into the
second ten frame. To find my total, I add 10 +3= 13.

Making Ten
8+6= ? I know that 8 is the larger number and is closer to ten. To make 8 into a ten, I
need 2 more. I can break the 6 apart into 2+4. The 2 will be added to 8 to make ten, and
then I can add the remaining 4 to 10 to find the answer, 14.

8+ 6 = ?
2+4

8+ 6 = ?
10 2+4

10 + 4 = 14

Number Line
9+5= ? I begin with the larger number, 9 on the number line. I add 5 by jumping 5
numbers to the right. I arrive at the number 14 which is my answer.
1 2 3 4 5

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16+
9-5= ? I begin with the larger number, 9 on the number line. I subtract 5 by jumping 5
numbers to the left. I arrive at the number 4 which is my answer.
5 4 3 2 1
4 5 6 7 8 9 10

2nd Grade Addition and Subtraction Strategies


2.OA.2 Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies. By end of Grade 2, know from
memory all sums of two one-digit numbers.

Hundred Board
9+8= ? I start with the larger number, 9 on the hundreds board. I count forward 1 to
the right and arrive at 10. I go down to the next line and count forward to the right 7
more: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. My answer is 17.
16-9= ? I start with 16 on the hundreds board. I count backwards 5 to the left: (16,) 15,
14, 13, 12, 11 and arrive at 11. I go up to the line above and count backwards to the left 4
more: 10, 9, 8, 7. My answer is 7.

Math Mountain
6+8= ? I can use what I know about partners/addends and totals to help me solve this
problem with a math mountain. The two partners/addends are being added together to
make the total. When I add these two numbers, I get a total of 14. I also know that
these other 3 equations are true because of the math mountain.

8+6=14
14-8=6
14-6=8

14
6

Total
8

Partners or Addends

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