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2nd grade math · Unit 3: Adding and subtracting within 100

Not always small from big

What this lesson shows

Fixes a mistake

52 − 27 is 25, not 35. Taking 2 from 7 turns the problem around. Trade a ten instead.

The worked example

The lesson works this one step by step: 52 − 27 = □. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.

The steps

  1. Never turn the ones around
  2. Trade a ten for 10 ones
  3. Take the ones, then the tens

Helping at home

The ones you take away come from the first number’s ones. When there are not enough, trade a ten for 10 ones; never turn the ones around.

If your kid gets stuck

Which ones come away from which?

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Standards

  • Common Core 2.NBT.B.5
    Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.
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