Grade 2 Math Common Core Curriculum Standards
Bold-faced standards are the MDIRSS essential standards and the standards in regular font are supporting standards. Click on the green MDIRSS standards to see the unpacked version, list of resources, and corresponding performance rubric for that standard.
Operations and Algebraic Thinking (2.OA)
2.OA.1 Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.
2.OA.2 Add and subtract within 20.
2.OA.3 Work with equal groups of objects to gain foundations for multiplication.
Number and Operations in Base Ten (2.NBT)
2.NBT.1 Understand place value.
2.NBT.2 Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract.
Measurement and Data (2.MD)
2.MD.1 Measure and estimate lengths in standard units.
2.MD.2 Relate addition and subtraction to length.
2.MD.3 Work with time and money.
2.MD.4 Represent and interpret data.
Geometry (2.G)
2.G.1 Reason with shapes and their attributes.
Mathematical Practices
Operations and Algebraic Thinking (2.OA)
2.OA.1 Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.
2.OA.2 Add and subtract within 20.
2.OA.3 Work with equal groups of objects to gain foundations for multiplication.
4. Use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays with up to 5 rows and up to 5 columns; write an equation to express the total as a sum of equal addends.
Number and Operations in Base Ten (2.NBT)
2.NBT.1 Understand place value.
2.NBT.2 Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract.
6. Add up to four two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.
7. Add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method. Understand that in adding or subtracting threedigit numbers, one adds or subtracts hundreds and hundreds, tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose or decompose tens or hundreds.
8. Mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100–900, and mentally subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100–900.
9. Explain why addition and subtraction strategies work, using place value and the properties of operations.3
Measurement and Data (2.MD)
2.MD.1 Measure and estimate lengths in standard units.
2. Measure the length of an object twice, using length units of different lengths for the two measurements; describe how the two measurements relate to the size of the unit chosen.
3. Estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.
4. Measure to determine how much longer one object is than another, expressing the length difference in terms of a standard length unit.
2.MD.2 Relate addition and subtraction to length.
6. Represent whole numbers as lengths from 0 on a number line diagram with equally spaced points corresponding to the numbers 0, 1, 2, ..., and represent whole-number sums and differences within 100 on a number line diagram.
2.MD.3 Work with time and money.
8. Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately. Example: If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have?
2.MD.4 Represent and interpret data.
10. Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple puttogether, take-apart, and compare problems4 using information presented in a bar graph.
Geometry (2.G)
2.G.1 Reason with shapes and their attributes.
1See Glossary, Table 1.
2See standard 1.OA.6 for a list of mental strategies.
3Explanations may be supported by drawings or objects.
5Sizes are compared directly or visually, not compared by measuring.


