Math Puzzle with Vehicles — Grade 2

Rebuild the picture by solving the math! On this Grade 2 worksheet a picture of vehicles is split into puzzle pieces, each labelled with a within-100 addition or subtraction. The child works each two-digit problem and places the piece. That numbers-to-100 practice — adding and subtracting within 100, the core of 2nd-grade base ten — drives the whole puzzle, and the finished picture proves the arithmetic is done.

Working numbers up to 100 — adding and subtracting within 100 — is what second-grade math is built on, and this puzzle makes it tangible. A vehicles picture comes in pieces, each a two-digit equation; solving the within-100 problems reassembles it. The two-digit, base-ten practice is the real work, and the puzzle gives a child a reason to do every problem carefully.

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 winter, or try math puzzle with animals. 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.