Mystery Math
2D and 3D shapes
Fractions
Story problems
Mystery Math
2nd Grade Math
100

How many minutes are in an hour?

60

100

What is another way to say 3 out of 3, or 3/3?

1 whole

100

Ms. Douglass found 172 balloons at the circus. A strong wind blew 84 of them away. How many balloons are left? 

88 balloons

100

How many 10s make up 100?

10

100

What is the value of the underlined digit?

2,347

300

200

Which is longer, 11 inches or a foot? And by how much?

A foot, by 1 inch (12-11=1)


200

How many sides does a quadrilateral have?

4 sides

200

Mrs. Yarbrough sang 123 Taylor Swift songs and 89 Justin Bieber songs at Karaoke night. How many songs did she sing in all?

212 songs 

200

9 x 5 = x

45
200

What is the perimeter of a square that has a measurement of 4 inches on each side?

16 inches

300

What are these numbers skip counting by? Complete the blank: 112, 114, ____, 118, 120, ____ 

2's, 116, 122

300

What place value is the 7 in 1,271

tens

300

what is the area of a rectangle that is 5 cm long and 2 cm wide?

5 x 2 = 10 cm

400

x = 357 + 486 

843

400

What is the difference between a 2D shape and a 3D shape, and give one example of each.

2D shapes: flat, sides, vertices (circle, triangle, square, etc.)

3D shapes: solid, edges, faces, vertices (cube, cylinder, sphere, pyramid, etc.)

400

Ms. Harper has 6 chickens. Last week, each chicken laid 3 eggs. How many eggs did Ms. Harper's chickens lay last week all together? 

18 eggs

400

165-67

98

400

What is the fact family for 16+12 = 28

12 + 16 = 28

28 - 12 = 16

28 - 16 = 12

500

If I had 4 quarters, 2 dimes, a nickel, and 8 pennies. What would be my total value written in cents and with the dollar symbol?

133 (cent symbol)

$1.33

500

125, 130, 135, ____, 145, 150

140

500

Mrs. Vazhavilla had some tomatoes growing in her garden. After a few days, a hungry insect came and snacked on 47 of them. Now she has 124 tomatoes left. How many tomatoes did Mrs. Vazhavilla have at the beginning?

171 tomatoes 

500

What is the value of the underlined digit? 6502

500

500

How could you re-write this problem using addition? 19-8= ? 

8+11= 19

OR

11+8=19

600

If it is 3:15 p.m...a different way to say that is ______?

quarter past 3

600

If Ms. Abdalah had 18 cookies and wanted to split them evenly to 3 of her friends. How many cookies would each friend get?

18 divided by 3 = 6

600

Which equation represents 4+4+4+4+4+4?

A. 4 + 6 

B. 20 - 5

C. 6 x 4

C. 6 x 4

600

Half past 3 is the same as what digital time?

3:30