Grade 2Mathematics

What your child actually learns this year

Every strand and every topic in the Grade 2 Mathematics curriculum, exactly as the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development sets it out. Written so you can read it in one sitting, without a teaching qualification.

1NumbersTwo thirds of the year's questions sit here: numbers to 1000, all four operations, and the first fractions.7 topics·200 questions

  • Number Concept

    4 skills

    What a number means, grouping in tens and hundreds, and place value made visible with real objects.

  • Whole Numbers

    7 skills

    Counting, reading, writing and ordering numbers up to 1000.

  • Addition

    5 skills

    Adding two and three digit numbers, with and without regrouping.

  • Subtraction

    5 skills

    Taking away two and three digit numbers, including where regrouping is needed.

  • Multiplication

    5 skills

    Multiplication as repeated addition and as equal groups, built up from objects.

  • Division

    5 skills

    Division as sharing equally and as repeated subtraction, and how it undoes multiplication.

  • Fractions

    4 skills

    A half, a quarter and a third, found by folding and sharing real things. The topic worth doing twice.

2MeasurementThe same five measures as Grade 1, now with standard units instead of hands and feet.5 topics·80 questions

  • Length

    4 skills

    The metre and the centimetre, measuring with a ruler, and estimating first.

  • Mass

    4 skills

    The kilogramme, reading a simple scale, and comparing masses.

  • Capacity

    4 skills

    The litre, measuring with real containers, and comparing what they hold.

  • Time

    8 skills

    Reading the clock to the hour and half hour, the days and months, and the order of events.

  • Money

    6 skills

    Coins and notes, adding amounts, buying and working out change.

3GeometryLines and shapes again, with more care and better drawing.2 topics·20 questions

  • Lines

    5 skills

    Straight, curved, vertical and horizontal lines, drawn and found on real things.

  • Shapes

    4 skills

    Naming and describing flat shapes, counting their sides and corners, and sorting them.

Why you can take this page at face value

Straight from the KICD design

The strands and topics on this page are the Grade 2 Mathematics curriculum as the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development sets it out. We have not chosen them, reordered them or left any out.

Nothing here is a sample

Every topic below is covered in our question bank, not a selection of the easy ones. The numbers beside each strand are the real counts.

Marked by a machine, written by a person

Each question carries its full working and a note on why every wrong answer is wrong, so a child who misses one is told what they were thinking, not just that they were wrong.

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300 Grade 2 Mathematics questions in the bank, covering every topic on this page.