Year 2

1
Year 2

• You have 20 sweets your friend has 8 less than
  you.
• How many does she have?

2
Year 2

• My naughty little sister and Bad Harry were
  looking at the trifle.
• Bad Harry ate 6 green jelly sweets and my naughty
  little sister ate 5 red sweets.
• How many jelly sweets on the trifle? How many
  were left?
• Extension If there had been 20 jelly sweets on
  the trifle, how many were left?

3
Year 2

• Sam has 50 Pokemon cards but Tom only has half as
  many.
• How many does Tom have?

4
Year 2

• On the picnic each child has 2 ham sandwiches and
  4 egg sandwiches.
• There are 10 children , how many sandwiches are
  there?

5
Year 2

• Tim gets 5 pocket money each week. On his 7th
  birthday his parents give him 3 more each week.
• How much will get each week?

6
Year 2

• There are 18 biscuits.
• 9 children share them equally.
• How many biscuits does each child have?

7
Year 2

• In Kates purse she has 3 coins. The total is
  8p.
• Which coins does she have?

8
Year 2

• I think of a number and halve it.
• The answer is 6.
• What is the number?

9
Year 2

• There are 23 bean bags.
• Tom takes 11 and Sam takes 9.
• How many bean bags are left?

10
Year 2

• Two children have 5 toys each.
• How many toys do they have altogether?
• One child gives the other 2 of his toys.
• How many toys do they each have now?

11
Year 2

• 9 people are on a bus.
• At the stop, 5 people get off and 3 more get on.
• How many people are now on the bus?

12
Year 2

• Katie goes to the shop and buys 4 buns at 5p
  each.
• How much money has she spent?
• How many buns can she buy with 50p?

13
Year 2

• There are 3 bowls of porridge on the table
• Each bowl has 2 stripes on it.
• How many stripes are there altogether?

14
Year 2

• Goldilocks has to climb up 10 steps to the
  bedroom.
• She only jumps on 3 on the way down.
• How many steps does she miss out?

15
Year 2

• The three bears have lots of spoons.
• They put them out on the table.
• They have four each.
• How many spoons do they have all together?

16
Year 2

• 26 ladybirds are sitting in a tree.
• 17 fly away.
• How many are left?

17
Year 2

• Willy Wonka gave the children 5 everlasting
  gobstoppers and 7 sticks of chewing gum.
• How many sweets did Willy Wonka give out?
• Violet ate all the chewing gum and 1 gobstopper.
• How many sweets are now left?

18
Year 2

• Mark had 50 red crayons on his table.
• These had to be shared between 5 tables in the
  classroom.
• How many crayons were on each table?

19
Year 2

• T. Rex went shopping because he had to buy 2
  Christmas presents.
• He had 5.00 in his claw.
• He bought a ball for 75p and a bag of sweets for
  35p.
• How much change did he have left?

20
Year 2

• There are 24 apples on a tree
• 2 have worms in them.
• 5 fall off the tree.
• How many apples are still on the tree?