Math Puzzle with Desserts and Sweets — Grade 2

Solve the equations to finish the picture! On this Grade 2 worksheet a picture of sweet treats 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.

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 sweet treats 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 dinosaurs, or try math puzzle with hospital things. 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.