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2nd Grade Math (Iowa Core)

Your Teacher Information Pack for 2nd Grade Math in Iowa: the standards with their official codes, the state tests and the official links. Check what you're teaching and plan a lesson.

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State
Iowa
Grade
Grade 2
Standards
Iowa Academic Standards for Mathematics
Last checked
2026-10-21

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The standards (our summaries)

Iowa's official codes with our own short summaries (not the official wording). Each code links to the official document.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking (OA)

  • 2.OA.A.1 Solve one- and two-step addition and subtraction word problems within 100.
  • 2.OA.B.2 Add and subtract within 20 fluently using mental strategies.
  • 2.OA.C.3 Decide whether a group of up to 20 objects has an odd or even number of members.
  • 2.OA.C.4 Find totals for equal groups and arrays by adding the same number again and again.

Number and Operations in Base Ten (NBT)

  • 2.NBT.A.1 Understand that each digit in a 3-digit number shows hundreds, tens or ones.
  • 2.NBT.A.2 Count forward and backward within 1,000 and skip-count by 5s, 10s and 100s.
  • 2.NBT.A.3 Read and write numbers up to 1,000 in several different forms.
  • 2.NBT.A.4 Compare two three-digit numbers using place value and the >, = and < symbols.
  • 2.NBT.B.5 Add and subtract within 100 fluently using place-value strategies.
  • 2.NBT.B.6 Add as many as four 2-digit numbers with place-value and operation-property strategies.
  • 2.NBT.B.7 Add and subtract within 1,000 using models, drawings and place-value strategies.
  • 2.NBT.B.8 Add or subtract 10 or 100 to or from a number between 100 and 900 mentally.
  • 2.NBT.B.9 Use place value to justify why adding and subtracting strategies work.

Measurement and Data (MD)

  • 2.MD.A.1 Measure an object's length with a suitable tool such as a ruler or measuring tape.
  • 2.MD.A.2 Measure an object twice with two different units and explain how the results relate to unit size.
  • 2.MD.A.3 Estimate lengths in inches, feet, centimeters and meters.
  • 2.MD.A.4 Measure to find how much longer one object is than another in a standard unit.
  • 2.MD.B.5 Solve addition and subtraction word problems about lengths given in the same units.
  • 2.MD.B.6 Show whole numbers, sums and differences within 100 as lengths on a number line.
  • 2.MD.C.7 Tell and write time to the nearest five minutes.
  • 2.MD.IA.C.1 Iowa standard: describe how units of time relate to each other.
  • 2.MD.IA.C.2 Iowa standard: identify nickels, quarters and dollar bills and know their values.
  • 2.MD.C.8 Solve word problems with dollar bills and coins using the $ and ¢ symbols.
  • 2.MD.D.9 Measure several lengths to the nearest whole unit and show the results on a line plot.
  • 2.MD.IA.D.1 Iowa standard: collect data through interviews, surveys and observations.
  • 2.MD.D.10 Draw picture graphs and bar graphs and solve problems using the data they show.

Geometry (G)

  • 2.G.A.1 Recognize and draw shapes that have given attributes.
  • 2.G.A.2 Divide a rectangle into equal square rows and columns and count the squares.
  • 2.G.A.3 Split shapes into two, three or four equal shares and describe the shares.

Tests and key dates

Check the Iowa Department of Education for which grades are tested and this year's testing dates (we have not yet confirmed every detail above on the official site).

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Standards codes from the Iowa Academic Standards for Mathematics (Iowa Department of Education). Summaries are Classfern's own words, not the official text. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Iowa Department of Education.

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