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Grade 2 Mixed operations — Stretch your thinking

Mixed operations require deciding which operation happens first. Try the more demanding numbers. Estimate first, then explain your method and verify.

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Grade 2 Mixed operations — Stretch your thinking

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20 questions

Directions: Notice parentheses and multiplication before addition or subtraction when appropriate. Write your answer for each problem.

  1. (30 + 34) - 23 = ______
  2. (34 + 21) - 28 = ______
  3. (9 + 5) - 9 = ______
  4. (37 + 39) - 9 = ______
  5. (14 + 7) - 7 = ______
  6. (33 + 15) - 32 = ______
  7. (33 + 4) - 31 = ______
  8. (48 + 16) - 17 = ______
  9. (30 + 22) - 1 = ______
  10. (25 + 6) - 20 = ______
  11. (49 + 28) - 22 = ______
  12. (46 + 36) - 34 = ______
  13. (47 + 32) - 36 = ______
  14. (23 + 33) - 29 = ______
  15. (19 + 17) - 1 = ______
  16. (37 + 37) - 25 = ______
  17. (24 + 31) - 11 = ______
  18. (32 + 35) - 38 = ______
  19. (23 + 6) - 14 = ______
  20. (48 + 37) - 4 = ______

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Show answer key (for parents and teachers)
  1. 1. 41
  2. 2. 27
  3. 3. 5
  4. 4. 67
  5. 5. 14
  6. 6. 16
  7. 7. 6
  8. 8. 47
  9. 9. 51
  10. 10. 11
  11. 11. 55
  12. 12. 48
  13. 13. 43
  14. 14. 27
  15. 15. 35
  16. 16. 49
  17. 17. 44
  18. 18. 29
  19. 19. 15
  20. 20. 81

How to help with this skill

Second graders connect place value to addition, subtraction and familiar everyday situations. Encourage grouping into tens and ones.

  • Notice parentheses and multiplication before addition or subtraction when appropriate.
  • Solve one step at a time and write the intermediate result.
  • Read the expression again and verify with a different strategy.

Try this: Underline the first operation before calculating.

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