Year 2 Mathematics at school: what to expect

Find out about the skills your Year 2 child will be developing. Learn how you can support and build on what they learn at school.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 2
Audience	Parent or carer
Purpose	Home practice tasks, Parent guide to maths
Format	Downloadable resources
Keywords	maths at home, numeracy, number sense, understanding, reasoning, fluency
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Geometry, Build understanding, Apply understanding
Topics	Place value, Addition and subtraction, Operating with number
AC: Mathematics content descriptions	ACMNA026 Investigate number sequences, initially those increasing and decreasing by twos, threes, fives and tens from any starting point, then moving to other sequences ACMNA030 Solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of efficient mental and written strategies
National numeracy learning progression	Operating with decimals - OwD1, OwD4 Operating with percentages - OwP1 Understanding money - UnM1
Copyright details
Organisation	Commonwealth of Australia
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