Year 2 Maths Overview


·   Read and write numbers to at least 100 in numerals and in words


·   Identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations, including the number line

·   Partition numbers in different ways (e.g. 23 = 20 + 3 and
23 = 10 + 13)


·   Find 1 or 10 more or less than a given number

·   Round numbers to at least 100 to the nearest 10

·   Understand the connection between the 10 multiplication table and place value

·   Describe and extend simple sequences involving counting on or back in different steps

·   Use place value and number facts to solve problems



·   Show that addition of two numbers can be done in any order (commutative) and subtraction of one number from another cannot

·   Understand subtraction as take away and difference (how many more, how many less/fewer)

·   Recall and use addition and subtraction facts to 20 fluently, and derive and use related facts up to 100

·   Recall and use number bonds for multiples of 5 totalling 60 (to support telling time to nearest 5 minutes)

·   Add and subtract numbers using concrete objects, pictorial representations, and mentally, including:

– a two-digit number and ones
– a two-digit number and tens
– two two-digit numbers
– adding three one-digit numbers

·   Recognise and use the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction and use this to check calculations and solve missing number problems

·   Solve problems with addition and subtraction including with missing numbers:
– using concrete objects and pictorial representations, including those
involving numbers, quantities and measures
– applying their increasing knowledge of mental and written methods

·   Understand multiplication as repeated addition

·   Understand division as sharing and grouping and that a division calculation can have a remainder



·   Derive and use doubles of simple two-digit numbers (numbers in which the ones total less than 10)

·   Derive and use halves of simple two-digit even numbers (numbers in which the tens are even)

·   Calculate mathematical statements for multiplication using repeated addition) and division within the multiplication tables and write them using the multiplication (×), division (÷) and equals (=) signs

·   Solve problems involving multiplication and division (including those with remainders), using materials, arrays, repeated addition, mental methods, and multiplication and division facts, including problems in contexts

Number – fractions
·   Understand and use the terms numerator and denominator

·   Understand that a fraction can describe part of a set

·   Understand that the larger the denominator is, the more pieces it is split into and therefore the smaller each part will be

·   Recognise, find, name and write fractions , ,  and of a length, shape, set of objects or quantity

·   Write simple fractions for example, of 6 = 3 and recognise the equivalence of  and

·   Count on and back in steps of and

Geometry – properties of shapes ·   Choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height in any direction (m/cm); mass (kg/g); temperature (°C); capacity and volume (litres/ml) to the nearest appropriate unit, using rulers, scales, thermometers and measuring vessels


·   Recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p)

·   Combine amounts to make a particular value

·   Find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money

·   Compare and sequence intervals of time


·   Know the number of minutes in an hour and the number of hours in a day

·   Solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money of the same unit, including giving change and measures (including time)


·   Identify and describe the properties of 3-D shapes, including the number of edges, vertices and faces


Geometry – position and direction
·   Order/arrange combinations of mathematical objects in patterns/sequences


·   Compare and sort objects, numbers and common 2-D and 3-D shapes and everyday objects

·   Interpret and construct simple pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and simple tables

·   Ask and answer simple questions by counting the number of objects in each category and sorting the categories by quantity

·   Ask and answer questions about totalling and comparing categorical data