Mental maths & known facts

A fact you know can help

Add within twenty using zero, one, doubles and tens.

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10 practice questions · Optional read aloud · Thinking pad

Let’s understand the idea.

  1. Look for a helpful connection before counting every object.
  2. Zero keeps the same amount. One gives the next amount. Doubles and tens can organize larger sums.
  3. Use a method you understand, then check the total. Several methods may be valid.

Something to notice

Ask which facts the learner recalls and which they derive, and revisit them over time in varied contexts. There is no speed score. A correct untimed answer does not prove automatic recall or fluency; the app records practice and support, not a claim that this standard is mastered.

Try it. Change it. Explain it.

Open the lesson to use its pictures and controls. In How it works, connect the picture to the idea. In Play & discover, change the quantities and notice what stays the same. In Your turn, answer questions and use the explanation to check your reasoning.

You can ask for help, draw on the thinking pad, or listen to the question and answer options. Progress distinguishes independent work from work completed with help.

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Curriculum connection

Grade 2 · 2.OA · US Common Core

2.OA.B.2

This lesson is mapped to these standards. A completed activity is practice evidence, not a claim of mastery. Content is checked against the linked official standards and its mathematical models are tested.

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