Year 2 Mathematics skills
✅ A. Counting and numbers
Counting review – up to 10
Count to fill a ten frame
Counting review – up to 20
Count on ten frames – up to 40
Count objects to 100
Count forward and backward
Number lines – up to 100
Count on the hundred chart
Hundred chart
Ordinal numbers
Convert words to digits
Convert digits to words
Write digits given words
Write words given digits
Convert between digits and words – mixed review
✅ B. Skip-counting
Count by tens with pictures
Estimate to the nearest ten
Count by twos, fives and tens with pictures
Count by twos, fives and tens
Count by 2, 3, 5 and 10 – with tables
Sequences – count up and down by 1, 2, 3, 5 and 10
Sequences – count up and down by 100
✅ C. Even and odd
Even or odd
Identify numbers as even or odd
Even or odd numbers on number lines
Which even or odd number comes before or after?
✅ D. Comparing up to 10
Comparing – review
Compare numbers up to 10 using words
Compare numbers up to 10 using symbols
✅ E. Understand addition
Add with cubes – sums up to 10
Add with pictures – sums up to 10
Addition sentences up to 10: which model matches?
Addition sentences up to 10: what does the model show?
Addition sentences using number lines – sums up to 10
Turn words into an addition sentence – sums up to 10
Add with pictures – sums up to 20
✅ F. Addition strategies up to 10
Add in any order
Add by counting on – sums up to 10
Complete the addition sentence to make ten – with models
Complete the addition sentence – make ten
✅ G. Addition up to 10
Addition facts – sums up to 10
Make a number using addition – sums up to 10
Ways to make a number – addition sentences
Complete the addition sentence – sums up to 10
✅ H. Addition word problems up to 10
Addition word problems with pictures – sums up to 10
Addition sentences for word problems with pictures – sums up to 10
Addition word problems – sums up to 10
Addition sentences for word problems – sums up to 10
✅ I. Understand subtraction
Subtract with cubes – up to 10
Subtract with pictures – up to 10
Subtraction sentences up to 10: which model matches?
Subtraction sentences up to 10: what does the model show?
Subtraction sentences using number lines – up to 10
Turn words into a subtraction sentence – up to 10
Subtract zero and all
Subtract with pictures – up to 20
✅ J. Subtraction strategies up to 10
Subtract by counting back – up to 10
Subtract by counting on – up to 10
Relate addition and subtraction sentences – up to 10
Use addition to subtract – up to 10
✅ K. Subtraction up to 10
Subtraction facts – up to 10
Make a number using subtraction – up to 10
Ways to make a number – subtraction sentences
Ways to subtract from a number – subtraction sentences
Complete the subtraction sentence – up to 10
✅ L. Subtraction word problems up to 10
Subtraction word problems with pictures – up to 10
Subtraction sentences for word problems with pictures – up to 10
Subtraction word problems – up to 10
Subtraction sentences for word problems – up to 10
✅ M. Addition strategies up to 20
Related addition facts
Addition sentences using number lines – sums up to 20
Add by counting on – sums up to 20
Add doubles with models
Add doubles
Add doubles – complete the sentence
Add using doubles plus one
Add using doubles minus one
Add three numbers – use doubles
Use ten frames to add
Make ten to add
Add three numbers – make ten
✅ N. Addition up to 20
Adding 1
Adding 2
Adding 3
Adding 4
Adding 5
Adding 6
Adding 7
Adding 8
Adding 9
Adding 10
Adding 0
Addition facts – sums up to 20
Make a number using addition – sums up to 20
Addition sentences: true or false?
Complete the addition sentence – sums up to 20
Add three numbers
✅ O. Addition word problems up to 20
Addition word problems – sums up to 20
Addition sentences for word problems – sums up to 20
Add three numbers – word problems
✅ P. Subtraction strategies up to 20
Related subtraction facts
Relate addition and subtraction sentences – up to 20
Subtraction sentences using number lines – up to 20
Subtract by counting back – up to 20
Use ten frames to subtract
Use ten to subtract
Use addition to subtract – up to 20
Subtract by counting on – up to 20
Subtract doubles
✅ Q. Subtraction up to 20
Subtracting 1
Subtracting 2
Subtracting 3
Subtracting 4
Subtracting 5
Subtracting 6
Subtracting 7
Subtracting 8
Subtracting 9
Subtracting 10
Subtracting 0
Subtraction facts – up to 20
Make a number using subtraction – up to 20
Subtraction sentences: true or false?
Complete the subtraction sentence – up to 20
✅ R. Subtraction word problems up to 20
Subtraction word problems – up to 20
Subtraction sentences for word problems – up to 20
✅ S. Addition and subtraction up to 20
Addition and subtraction – ways to make a number
Which sign makes the number sentence true?
Fact families
Addition and subtraction facts – up to 10
Addition and subtraction facts – up to 20
Word problems with one addend unknown – up to 10
Addition and subtraction word problems – up to 20
✅ T. Place value
Build and partition teen numbers
Place value models up to 20
Build and partition multiples of ten
Build and partition two-digit numbers – with models
Place value models for two-digit numbers
Build and partition two-digit numbers – without models
Identify a digit – tens and ones
Value of a digit – tens and ones
Ways to make a number – tens and ones
Regroup tens and ones – ways to make a number
Regroup tens and ones
✅ U. Comparing up to 100
Compare numbers up to 100 using words
Compare numbers up to 100 using symbols
Comparison word problems
Put numbers in order
✅ V. Addition and subtraction: multiples of ten
Ten more or less
Add two multiples of ten
Subtract multiples of ten
Add and subtract multiples of ten
✅ W. Addition strategies: two digits
Use models to add a multiple of ten and a one-digit number
Use models to add a multiple of ten and a two-digit number
Use a hundred chart to add a multiple of ten and a two-digit number
Use a hundred chart to add a two-digit number and a one-digit number
Use models to add a two-digit and a one-digit number – without regrouping
Use models to add a two-digit and a one-digit number – with regrouping
Use compensation to add a two-digit number and a one-digit number
Use models to add two-digit numbers – without regrouping
Use models to add two-digit numbers – with regrouping
Use place value to add two-digit numbers – without regrouping
Use place value to add two-digit numbers – with regrouping
✅ X. Addition: two digits
Add a multiple of ten and a one-digit number
Add a multiple of ten and a two-digit number
Add a two-digit and a one-digit number – without regrouping
Add a two-digit and a one-digit number – with regrouping
Add two-digit numbers – without regrouping
Add two-digit numbers – with regrouping
Addition word problems – up to two digits
✅ Y. Subtraction strategies: two digits
Use models to subtract a one-digit number from a two-digit number – without regrouping
Use models to subtract a one-digit number from a two-digit number – with regrouping
Subtract by counting back – up to 100
Use compensation to subtract a one-digit number from a two-digit number
Use models to subtract two-digit numbers – without regrouping
Use models to subtract two-digit numbers – with regrouping
✅ Z. Subtraction: two digits
Subtract a multiple of ten
Subtract a one-digit number from a two-digit number – without regrouping
Subtract a one-digit number from a two-digit number – with regrouping
Subtract two-digit numbers – without regrouping
Subtract two-digit numbers – with regrouping
Subtraction word problems – up to two digits
✅ AA. Addition and subtraction: two digits
Addition and subtraction – up to 100
Addition and subtraction word problems – up to 100
Two-step addition and subtraction word problems – up to 100
Addition and subtraction terms
✅ BB. Understand multiplication
Count equal groups
Identify multiplication expressions for equal groups
Write multiplication sentences for equal groups
Relate addition and multiplication for equal groups
Identify multiplication expressions for arrays
Write multiplication sentences for arrays
Make arrays to model multiplication
Write two multiplication sentences for an array
Write multiplication sentences for number lines
✅ CC. Multiplication
Multiply by 2
Multiply by 3
Multiply by 4
Multiply by 5
Multiplication facts up to 5
Multiply by 10
Multiplication facts for 2, 5, 10
Multiplication facts for 2, 5, 10: true or false?
Multiplication facts for 2, 5, 10: find the missing factor
Multiplication word problems
✅ DD. Understand division
Divide by counting equal groups
Write division sentences for equal groups
Relate multiplication and division for equal groups
Write division sentences for arrays
Make arrays to model division
Relate multiplication and division for arrays
✅ EE. Division
Divide by 2
Divide by 3
Divide by 4
Divide by 5
Divisors and quotients up to 5
Divide by 10
Division facts for 2, 5, 10
Division facts for 2, 5, 10: true or false?
Division word problems
✅ FF. Multiplication and division
Multiplication and division facts with 2, 5 and 10
Multiplication and division facts with 2, 5 and 10: true or false?
Multiplication and division facts up to 5
Multiplication and division terms
✅ GG. Measurement
Long and short
Tall and short
Order objects: length and height
Light and heavy
Holds more or less
Compare size, weight and capacity
Measure using objects
Read a thermometer
Measure using a centimetre ruler
Which metric unit of length is appropriate?
Metric units of length: word problems
Which metric unit of mass is appropriate?
Measure liquid volumes – metric units
Which metric unit of volume is appropriate?
Metric units of mass and volume: word problems
✅ HH. Time
Match digital clocks and times I
Match digital clocks and times II
Match analogue clocks and times I
Match analogue clocks and times II
Match analogue and digital clocks I
Match analogue and digital clocks II
Read clocks and write times I
Read clocks and write times II
Time words: o’clock, half, quarter
A.M. or P.M.
Times of everyday events
Compare clocks I
Compare clocks II
Time and clocks: word problems
Elapsed time I
Elapsed time II
Reading schedules
✅ II. Days, months and seasons
Days of the week
Months of the year
Seasons of the year
Read a calendar
✅ JJ. Money
Coin values
Count 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p coins
Count all coins
Count coins and notes – up to £20 note
Equivalent groups of coins
Exchanging coins
Money – word problems
Least number of coins
Purchases up to £1: do you have enough money?
Purchases up to £10: do you have enough money?
Compare money amounts
Making change
✅ KK. Data and graphs
Interpret pictograms
Interpret scaled pictograms
Create pictograms
Create scaled pictograms
Which tally chart is correct?
Interpret tally charts
Which table is correct?
Interpret data in tables
Show data in different ways
Which bar graph is correct?
Interpret bar graphs
Create bar graphs
✅ LL. Patterns
Introduction to patterns
Find the next shape in a pattern
Complete a pattern
Make a pattern
Growing patterns
Find the next shape in a growing pattern
Find the next row in a growing pattern
✅ MM. Two-dimensional shapes
Name the two-dimensional shape
Select two-dimensional shapes
Two-dimensional shapes in the real world
Count sides and vertices
Compare sides and vertices
Equal sides
Open and closed shapes
Name the two-dimensional shape and explain your answer
Symmetry
Compose two-dimensional shapes
✅ NN. Three-dimensional shapes
Two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes
Name the three-dimensional shape
Select three-dimensional shapes
Count vertices, edges and faces
Compare vertices, edges and faces
Identify shapes traced from solids
Identify faces of three-dimensional shapes
Three-dimensional shapes in the real world I
Three-dimensional shapes in the real world II
✅ OO. Spatial sense
In front of and behind
Left, middle and right
Top, middle and bottom
Location in a grid
Above and below
Beside and next to
Flip, turn and slide
Fractions of a turn
✅ PP. Sorting and classifying
Classify and sort by shape
Classify, sort and count
Count shapes in a Venn diagram
Sort shapes into a Venn diagram
✅ QQ. Fractions
Equal parts
Halves and quarters
Halves, thirds and quarters
Halves, thirds and quarters: what fraction does the shape show?
Halves, thirds and quarters: which shape matches the fraction?
Halves, thirds and quarters: parts of a group
Halves, thirds and quarters of number lines
Halves, thirds and quarters of a whole: modelling word problems
Halves, thirds and quarters of a whole: word problems
Fractions up to tenths: what fraction does the shape show?
Fractions up to tenths: which shape matches the fraction?
Fractions up to tenths: parts of a group
Fractions up to tenths: word problems
Fractions of a whole up to tenths: modelling word problems
Fractions of a whole up to tenths: word problems
Compare fractions