Math Puzzle with Christmas — Grade 2

This Grade 2 math puzzle turns two-digit addition and subtraction into a picture of Christmas things. Every piece holds a problem within 100, and solving it places the piece. Working with numbers to 100 — two-digit sums and differences, sometimes with regrouping — is exactly the 2nd-grade base-ten practice this sheet builds, and reassembling the picture makes the arithmetic feel like play. A child solves, places, and completes.

The within-100 arithmetic at the centre of second grade — two-digit addition and subtraction — is best practised with a clear purpose, and a picture puzzle supplies it. Each piece of a Christmas things picture holds an equation within 100; solving it places the piece. That numbers-to-100 practice builds the tens-and-ones fluency 2.NBT calls for, and the finished picture rewards the effort.

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 classroom objects, or try math puzzle with feelings. 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.