Math Puzzle with Classroom Objects — Grade 2

A Grade 2 picture puzzle built on two-digit math: a picture of classroom objects comes in pieces, each holding an add-or-subtract-within-100 equation. Solving the within-100 problems reassembles the picture. Practising numbers up to 100 — the two-digit sums and differences of 2nd grade — is the work, and the puzzle turns each solved equation into a piece of a picture a child completes.

By second grade, a child works with two-digit numbers — adding and subtracting within 100, sometimes regrouping tens and ones. This puzzle of classroom objects builds exactly that: each piece is a within-100 problem, and solving it advances the picture. Practising numbers to 100 this way keeps the two-digit arithmetic concrete, with a visible reward for every correct answer.

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 clothes, or try math puzzle with forest creatures. 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.