Year 2 Maths Expectations

In mathematics by the end of Year 2
most children should be able to:

• solve problems that involve all four operations
• begin to record the calculations involved, solve these and check that their solution makes sense in the context of the problem
• use practical resources, for example to find how to make known shapes by combining other shapes
• use ICT to create shapes by moving the edges and vertices of a shape drawn on a grid
• record and describe the shapes, referring to their properties
• solve logic problems using lists or tables and practical resources and decide whether an object satisfies a set of conditions
• read and write whole numbers with up to three digits and know what the digits represent in two-digit numbers
• order numbers to at least 100 using the vocabulary and notation of greater than (>) and less than (<)
• count in 2s, 5s, 10s and 100s and identify the numbers on a number line to help with calculations
• use counting strategies for carrying out repeated addition and repeated subtraction calculations
• find halves and quarters of shapes and sets of objects
• recognise that finding a quarter involves sharing into four equal parts
• understand that three quarters is made up of three one-quarter parts
• derive and recall all pairs of numbers that total 20 and the multiples of 10 that total 100
• extend their knowledge of addition and subtraction facts to include all numbers to at least 10
• use their counting strategies to derive multiples of 2, 5 and 10 - relate these to the relevant multiplication tables and use the tables to recall multiplication facts and derive related division facts
• use their knowledge of number facts to add or subtract mentally a single-digit number or a multiple of 10 to or from any two-digit number
• use the language of addition and subtraction accurately
• understand that multiplication is a shorter form of repeated addition and can be represented by an array
• understand that sharing and grouping is connected to the operation of division
• name, visualise and make 2-D shapes and 3-D solids
• identify common features such as line symmetry or the shapes of the faces of a solid
• use mathematical language to describe position, direction and movement
• describe and make whole, half and quarter turns, clockwise and anticlockwise and know that a quarter turn is called a right angle
• read the numbered divisions on a scale and interpret the unnumbered divisions between them
• use standard units to measure accurately to the nearest division, and begin to make connections between standard units of length, mass and capacity
• read time to the quarter hour on both digital and analogue clocks
• identify time intervals, including those that cross the hour boundary and relate these intervals to their everyday experience
• collect and record data using simple lists and tables
• organise and present their results as block graphs or pictograms, using ICT where appropriate
• interpret and communicate their findings and decide on an answer