Math Puzzle with Beach Things — Grade 2

Solve the equations to finish the picture! On this Grade 2 worksheet a picture of beach things is cut into puzzle pieces, each labelled with an addition or subtraction within 100. The child works each two-digit problem, and the answers reveal how the pieces fit together. Practising numbers up to 100 — the within-100 adding and subtracting of 2nd grade — is the real work here, wrapped in a satisfying picture puzzle.

Within-100 addition and subtraction is the 2nd-grade leap into two-digit, base-ten thinking. A picture puzzle of beach things makes that leap inviting — the child solves each two-digit equation to place a piece. Working numbers up to 100, with the tens-and-ones reasoning second graders build, is the genuine skill here, dressed as a puzzle a child wants to finish.

Children enjoy watching the picture come together as they solve each problem, and a finished math puzzle is a satisfying proof of within-100 skill. When this is easy, solve the puzzle in math puzzle with birds, or try math puzzle with christmas. You can also browse every Grade 2 math puzzle or the whole second-grade collection — each sheet prints cleanly or plays online for free, and the more within-100 problems a child solves, the surer their two-digit addition and subtraction grows, one solved piece at a time.