2nd Grade DEEP in Math

Problems of the Day!

Set #1

Juan has ten pencils.• Draw pencils in a rectangle.

• Draw nine flowers in a circle.Janet picked nine flowers.

Write the opposite for each of the following.

a. up ___________

b. forward __________

c. yes ___________

d. d. plus ___________

Ms. Smith buys a bag of 15 suckers. She divides them equally

among her children.

• Draw Ms. Smith’s three children in the box.

• These are the butterflies that Julie saw.

• How many butterflies did she see? _____

• Write this amount as a number word.

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• Circle the fifth butterfly.

• 6 boys + 7 boys = _____ boys

• 11 tickets – 5 tickets = ____ tickets

• 2 blocks + 4 blocks = ____ blocks

• The difference between 8 points and 6 points = ____ points

• The sum of 7 marbles and 5 marbles = ____ marbles

Brooke’s mom gave her 20 cents to buy some suckers. Each sucker

costs 4 cents. How many suckers can Brooke buy?

a. The pentagon is in the _______ position.

b. What shape is in the fourth position?

c. The shape that is red is in the _____________ position.

d. Draw the shape that is in second position.

e. Find the pentagon. How many sides does it have? __________

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At P.E., ten players want to practice shooting basketballs so they will be ready for the big game this afternoon. There are 10 players and only 6 basketballs. How many players do not have basketballs?

Draw a picture!

I like to sing I like to danceBoth

Lynn

Sue

Laura

Bill

Mary

Sam

Jill

Sal

Ben

Larry

Jerry

a.More children like to ____________________.b.Who likes to sing and dance?_________________c. How many children like to dance only? __________d.Who doesn’t like to sing or dance? ____________

• Bill has 1 quarter, 3 dimes, 1 nickel, and 2 pennies in his pocket. Bill told his friend he had 63 cents. Is Bill right? _______

• Explain why or why not! _________________________________________________________________________________

Tommy and Susie loved their day at the zoo. They spent all of their time visiting the different kinds of monkeys. As a little souvenir of the day, their parents let them both get a tattoo. The monkey tattoo costs 60 cents each.

• Tommy paid for his tattoo with dimes only. How many did he use? _______

• Susie used only nickels to pay for her tattoo. How many nickels did she use?______

a.What is the pattern? _____________________________

b.How many times do you see the pattern? _________________

c.For every one sucker, there are _____ peppermints.

• Jack saw twelve buses in front of school. Seven of the buses left to go home. How many were still at school?

Rebecca puts these cookies on her plate.

a.How many cookies does Rebecca put on her plate? ________

b.Are all of Rebecca’s cookies moons? ____________

c.What part or fraction of Rebecca’s cookies are moons? _____

Vicky Molly Danielle Cindy Tabatha

a. The fourth person in line is __________________.b. Who is in the middle position? ________________c. If Vicky was 12th and Tabatha was16th, name the

positions between them.

______________ _______________ _______________d. If 2 more children came after Tonya, the last person would

be in what position?

A bag of candy costs 35 cents. Mary takes these coins out of her pocket.

a. How much money did Mary take out? ___________

b. How much more money does Mary need to buy the candy? ______

c. Draw the total Mary needs to buy the candy!

• Harry needs to make a list of how many combinations of clothes he has in his closet.

List all possible combinations below:

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Roxie goes to work . Roxie returns home.

How long was Roxie gone? _______________

What is the shape of these clocks? ______________