Digits as separate numbers
23 + 5 becomes 2, 3 and 5 added in a heap, or 28 written as 55. Place value is not yet a picture.
Class 2 maths
Class 2 Maths — topics, practice and one-to-one help
Place value becomes real: tens and ones, regrouping, two-digit addition and subtraction. Skip counting appears. If Class 1 was counting, Class 2 is structure.
Part of KG–G2 (Kindergarten to Grade 2). Open the KG–G2 maths programme →
Why children commonly stall here
Children stall when they still think of 23 as ‘2 and 3’ rather than 2 tens and 3 ones. Regrouping then becomes a trick with crossed-out digits, and it collapses the moment a zero appears.
Misconceptions
The Class 2 traps we actually see
This is the section that should be citable: specific, ordered, and written from classroom pattern — not from a generic syllabus.
Borrowing as a ritual
The child ‘borrows 1’ without knowing it is a ten. Problems with zeros — 100 − 7 — then look impossible.
Skip counting as a song
They can chant 2, 4, 6 but cannot use it to work out 6 + 6 + 6.
Worked examples
Three short ones. A live session has more, at the child’s pace.
What does the 3 in 34 mean?
3 tens, not ‘three’. Build it with bundles, then with numbers.
40 − 16, with a drawing of tens and ones.
Break a ten. The crossed-out digit should mean something you can point to.
There are 4 groups of 5 pencils. How many?
Skip counting or a first picture of multiplication — not a memorised 4 × 5 yet.
Tutors who teach Class 2
Class FAQ
Speed is a later gift of understanding. In Class 2 we care that regrouping makes sense. Fluency comes after the picture is right, not before.
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