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2nd Grade Math (Minnesota Academic Standards)

Your Teacher Information Pack for 2nd Grade Math in Minnesota: 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
Minnesota
Grade
Grade 2
Standards
Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards in Mathematics (2007)
Last checked
2026-10-21

Minnesota's new 2022 math standards start in classrooms in 2027-28; this page covers the 2007 standards in use now.

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The standards (our summaries)

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

Strand 1: Number & Operation

  • 2.1.1.1 Read, write and represent numbers to 1,000 in several ways.
  • 2.1.1.2 Use place value to describe three-digit numbers; ten tens make a hundred.
  • 2.1.1.3 Find 10 or 100 more or less than a three-digit number.
  • 2.1.1.4 Round numbers up or down to the nearest 10 or 100.
  • 2.1.1.5 Compare and order numbers to 1,000.
  • 2.1.2.1 Find sums and differences with strategies such as making ten, fact families and doubles.
  • 2.1.2.2 Recall addition facts and related subtraction facts quickly.
  • 2.1.2.3 Estimate sums and differences up to 100.
  • 2.1.2.4 Add and subtract two-digit numbers using place value, partial sums or decomposing.
  • 2.1.2.5 Solve real-world and math problems adding or subtracting two-digit numbers.
  • 2.1.2.6 Make and use tables and tally charts with addition and subtraction.

Strand 2: Algebra

  • 2.2.1.1 Describe number patterns from repeated addition or subtraction, skip counting or arrays.
  • 2.2.2.1 Understand number sentences with unknowns written as letters and model them with objects.
  • 2.2.2.2 Write number sentences with unknowns for problems and solve them.

Strand 3: Geometry & Measurement

  • 2.3.1.1 Describe, compare and sort 2D and 3D shapes by faces, sides, edges and vertices.
  • 2.3.1.2 Recognize basic 2D and 3D shapes such as squares, cones, prisms and spheres.
  • 2.3.2.1 Understand that larger units need fewer copies to measure the same length.
  • 2.3.2.2 Measure with a ruler to the nearest whole centimeter or inch.
  • 2.3.3.1 Tell time to the quarter hour and tell a.m. from p.m.
  • 2.3.3.2 Identify coins, find the value of a set and make a given amount.

Tests and key dates

Check the Minnesota 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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Benchmark codes from the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards in Mathematics (Minnesota Department of Education). Summaries are Classfern's own words. Not affiliated with or endorsed by MDE.

Codes are facts; the descriptions are our own short summaries, not the official text. Always check the official document.

Classfern is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Minnesota Department of Education.