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Math Mammoth Add & Subtract 2-A and 2-B
Two workbooks for grade 2

Math Mammoth Add & Subtract 2-A

Math Mammoth Add & Subtract 2-A deals with two main themes:

  • "easy" addition and subtraction situations within 0-100; such as adding a two-digit number and a single-digit number without completing the next ten, or adding or subtracting whole tens, the concept of difference; and
  • memorizing the basic addition facts of single-digit numbers where the answer is between 10 and 18, and learning to use them with subtraction.

The book is fairly self-explanatory and easy for parents to teach with.

Math Mammoth Add & Subtract 2-A starts out with some review of basic addition and subtraction. Then follow lessons about the 'easy' situations where you add a single-digit number to a two-digit number, or subtract a single-digit number from a two-digit number without changing the ten.

Then we study the concept of completing a ten and going over to the next ten. The child adds 8 + 5 by first adding 8 + 2 and then the "leftover" 3. These prepare the child for addition facts where the sum is more than 10.

As to the memorizing work, there are 20 such addition facts to memorize:

9 + 2 till 9 + 9: 8 facts
8 + 3 till 8 + 8: 6 facts
7 + 4 till 7 + 7: 4 facts
6 + 5 till 6 + 6: 2 facts

The lesson Adding with 9 is based on the concept of completing the ten. The idea is that 9 + 5, for example, can be seen as 9 + 1 + 4, where 9 + 1 completes the ten, and so we have 4 left over to go over ten. Here it is important to remember what numbers make up 10, so you can review that if needed.

Adding with 8 practices the addition facts from 8 + 3 till 8 + 8. Similarly, Adding With 7 deals with addition facts from 7 + 4 to 7 + 9, and Adding with 6 is about facts from 6 + 5 and 6 + 9.

Then we reverse the process and practice subtracting. First, the child subtracts TO ten with problems such as 16 − __ = 10. Then come subtraction problems which "cross" the ten the other direction, such as 16 − 7. Again the student first practices these by subtracting in two parts: first subtracting to ten, then the rest. For example, 16 − 7 becomes 16 − 6 − 1.

The various lessons about fact families give lots of practice and further reinforce memorizing the facts.

Math Mammoth Add & Subtract 2-B - within 0-100

In Math Mammoth Add & Subtract 2-B, the student adds and subtracts mentally and in columns within 0-100. The emphasis is on learning how to carry when adding in columns, and how to borrow when subtracting in columns. These concepts are explained in detail visually, including lots of picture exercises.

This book is a continuation to the book Add & Subtract 2-A.

The book starts with mental math - adding and subtracting whole tens. Then come lessons about adding in columns - first with easy numbers without carrying, and then carrying, which is illustrated and explained in detail with the help of pictures.

After column-adding comes a section of mental adding once again. In it, the child adds a single-digit number to a 2-digit number, but this time the sum goes over the next ten. This concept is studied with pictures, and comparing it to the addition of single-digit numbers.

The next lessons teach subtracting in columns. First we only look at the easy problems where you don't need to regroup (or borrow).

The lesson Regrouping practices breaking down a ten to ten ones in cases where there aren't enough ones to do the subtraction. Lots of visual exercises help in understanding the regrouping (borrowing) in subtraction.

Lastly we study subtracting a single-digit number from a two-digit number mentally, counting coins (which is a nice application of things learned), and adding 2-digit numbers mentally by breaking them into parts.

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Addition & Subtraction

Addition 1 worktext (grade 1)
Subtraction 1 worktext (grade 1)
Add & Subtract 2-A worktext (grades 1-2)
Add & Subtract 2-B worktext (grade 2)
Add & Subtract 3 worktext (grades 2-3)
Add & Subtract 4 worktext (grades 3-4)

Place Value

Place Value 1 worktext (grade 1)
Place Value 2 worktext (grade 2)
Place Value 3 worktext (grade 3)
Place Value 4 worktext (grade 4)
Place Value 5 worktext (grades 5-6)

Multiplication & Division

Multiplication 1 worktext (grade 3)
Division 1 worktext (grade 3)
Multiplication 2 worktext (grade 4)
Division 2 worktext (grade 4)
Multiplication Division 3 worktext (grade 5)
Multiplication & Division worksheets (grades 3-6)
Numbers & Operations worksheets (grades 3-6)

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Clock worktext (grades 1-3)
U.S. Money worktext (grades 1-3)
Canadian Money worktext (grades 1-3)
British Money worktext (years 2-4)
European Money worktext (grades 1-3)

Measuring

Measuring 1 worktext (grades 1-3)
Measuring 2 worktext (grades 4-5)
Metric Measuring worktext (grades 1-4)
Measuring worksheets (grades 3-6)

Fractions

Introduction to Fractions worktext (grades 2-4)
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Fractions 2 worktext (grades 5-6)
Fractions & Decimals 3 worktext (grade 6)
Fractions worksheets (grades 3-6)

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Decimals worksheets (grades 3-6)

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Geometry 2 worktext (grades 6-7)
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Ratio, Proportions, Percent & algebraic thinking

The Four Operations (with a Touch of Algebra)
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Ratios & Proportions & Problem Solving
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Percent worktext (grades 6-8)
Ratio, Proportion & Percent worksheets (grades 5-7)

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Integers worksheets (grades 5-6)
Statistics worksheets (grades 4-7)

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States by the Numbers series (grades 3-6)

Arithmetic I (grades 3-6)
Fractions, Percents, and Decimals I (grades 4-8)
Fractions, Percents, and Decimals II (grades 4-8)
Sets, Probability, and Statistics I (grades 6-10)
Linear Functions I (grades 9, 11)
Linear Functions II (grade 11)
Quadratic Functions I (grades 9, 11)
Exponential & Logarithmic Functions I (grades 11-12)
Periodic & Piecewise Functions I (grades 11-12)
Polynomial, Power, Logistic & Rational Functions I (grades 11-12)
Calculus I (grade 12)

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