Grade 2 Place Value Game Kit

Grade 2 · Tens, ones, and comparing numbers · 15-minute lesson

Use this free teacher-guided classroom kit for a short whole-class review. The ten questions below are available for screen display or printing. The answer key is checked and included for teachers.

15-minute teaching plan

Use base-ten blocks or drawings to model how tens and ones make a number. Ask students to explain each answer with a visual or spoken description.

  1. 3 minutes: Model the skill with one example.
  2. 7 minutes: Ask the ten questions and give thinking time.
  3. 5 minutes: Check answers and discuss strategies.

Grade 2 practice questions

Name: ____________________ Date: ______________

  1. How many tens are in 47?
    ________________
  2. How many ones are in 47?
    ________________
  3. What number has 5 tens and 3 ones?
    ________________
  4. What is 60 + 8?
    ________________
  5. 74 is 7 tens and how many ones?
    ________________
  6. Which is greater: 92 or 89?
    ________________
  7. What is 90 + 2?
    ________________
  8. How many tens are in 81?
    ________________
  9. What is ten more than 34?
    ________________
  10. What number has 6 tens and 0 ones?
    ________________
Show teacher answer key (1–10)
  1. How many tens are in 47? 4
  2. How many ones are in 47? 7
  3. What number has 5 tens and 3 ones? 53
  4. What is 60 + 8? 68
  5. 74 is 7 tens and how many ones? 4
  6. Which is greater: 92 or 89? 92
  7. What is 90 + 2? 92
  8. How many tens are in 81? 8
  9. What is ten more than 34? 44
  10. What number has 6 tens and 0 ones? 60

Practice with classroom games

Number Guessing Game · Virtual Dice Roller

These links open existing classroom games. The questions in this kit do not transfer between games automatically.

Support different learners

Let students build each number with blocks or place-value charts. Challenge confident learners to explain what happens when ten ones regroup into a ten.

Print and prepare

Use your browser’s Print command to print the questions. The teacher answer key is hidden in the printed layout. Review all questions before using them with students.

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