Grade 2 Addition Practice
Grade 2 addition with addends to 20 and sums past 30 — exactly half the twenty problems regroup, so the two cases stay mixed. Printable PDF and key.
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Three different problem sets — same skill, same layout, fresh numbers.
Preview — Set A
Solve each problem. Show your work in the space provided.
- 1.14 + 11 =
- 2.16 + 20 =
- 3.19 + 15 =
- 4.14 + 17 =
- 5.10 + 4 =
- 6.11 + 19 =
- 7.17 + 17 =
- 8.15 + 17 =
- 9.7 + 12 =
- 10.3 + 10 =
- 11.14 + 18 =
- 12.9 + 10 =
- 13.19 + 16 =
- 14.6 + 17 =
- 15.6 + 15 =
- 16.6 + 2 =
- 17.10 + 3 =
- 18.20 + 3 =
- 19.10 + 19 =
- 20.9 + 9 =
What this worksheet covers
Set A of this grade 2 drill sheet holds twenty addition problems on one printable page, with the answer key on the page behind it. What makes this set particular: ten of the twenty column problems need regrouping and the rest do not, so the two cases are mixed rather than blocked and the numbers run as high as 20. Two problems from the middle of the page — "17 + 17" and "6 + 17" — show the range. The sheet sits inside Common Core 2.NBT.5, in the grade 2 Number & Operations in Base Ten strand.
Skills practiced
The grade 2 addition sequence covers two-digit addition within 100 with regrouping, and a first look at three-digit sums; this page sits inside it. Specifically, the problems practice grade 2 Addition Practice. Working the page asks a student to regroup past ten rather than counting up one at a time. Fifteen different answers appear across the twenty problems, so a student cannot copy one result down the page.
About the drill format
This drill runs 20 problems in a steady layout, so the eye never has to hunt for the next one; problem 7, "17 + 17" shows the level it holds. A straight run of sums is where regrouping becomes routine rather than an event.
Set A, Set B and Set C
Set A is the original sheet, and Sets B and C were derived from it problem by problem: each number became a slot redrawn with the same shape, and every answer was recomputed exactly. Where Set A's problem 11 is "14 + 18", Set B's is "18 + 17".
How to use this worksheet
Five focused minutes beats twenty distracted ones at grade 2. Fold this drill in half, do one part of the twenty problems today and the rest tomorrow, and let the student use fingers or counters if they want them. Print Set B of this addition drill before writing on Set A; the same skill worked twice a week apart tells you far more than once.
One mistake to watch for
The carried digit lands in the wrong column, or is dropped on the last step. Watch problem 13 of this drill — "19 + 16" — for this one.
The carry is being tracked in working memory instead of on paper.
Require the small carried digit to be written every time, and use graph paper so the digits cannot drift sideways.
Other grade 2 addition formats
The same skill in the other formats available at this grade.
- Timed Drill — Grade 2 Addition Timed Drill, 60 problems
- Missing Number — Grade 2 Addition Missing Number, 24 problems
- Mixed Review — Grade 2 Addition Mixed Review, 24 problems
- Word Problems — Grade 2 Addition Word Problems, 8 problems
- Vertical Format — 2.NBT.7 — Adding Within 1000 Practice, 20 problems
A step either side
The same format one grade down and one grade up — the easier sheet is often the faster fix when this one is not landing.
- Grade 1 Addition Practice — grade 1, 18 problems
- Grade 3 Addition Drill — grade 3, 30 problems
Drill sheets in other grade 2 topics
Free to download, print and photocopy for a whole class: three drill sheets of grade 2 addition, twenty problems each, keys included.