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Grade 2 Math (North Carolina SCOS)

Your Teacher Information Pack for Grade 2 Math (North Carolina SCOS): the standards with their official codes, in our own short summaries, plus tests and official links.

State
North Carolina
Grade
Grade 2
Source
North Carolina K-12 Mathematics Standard Course of Study
Last checked
2026-10-20

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The standards (our summaries)

Official North Carolina codes with our own short summaries (not the official wording). Each code links to the official document.

Operations and Algebraic Thinking (OA)

  • Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction
  • NC.2.OA.1 Solve one- and two-step addition and subtraction word problems within 100 with unknowns in all positions.
  • Add and subtract within 20
  • NC.2.OA.2 Add and subtract fluently within 20 using mental strategies.
  • Work with equal groups of objects
  • NC.2.OA.3 Decide whether a group of up to 20 objects has an odd or even number of members.
  • NC.2.OA.4 Use addition to find the total in rectangular arrays up to 5 by 5 and write equal-addend equations.

Number and Operations in Base Ten (NBT)

  • Understand place value
  • NC.2.NBT.1 Understand three-digit numbers as hundreds, tens, and ones and compose and decompose them.
  • NC.2.NBT.2 Count within 1000 and skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.
  • NC.2.NBT.3 Read and write numbers within 1000 as numerals, number names, and expanded form.
  • NC.2.NBT.4 Compare three-digit numbers using hundreds, tens, and ones and record with >, =, and <.
  • Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract
  • NC.2.NBT.5 Add and subtract fluently within 100 using place value, properties, and efficient strategies.
  • NC.2.NBT.6 Add up to three two-digit numbers using place value strategies and properties of operations.
  • NC.2.NBT.7 Add and subtract within 1000, relating strategies to written methods.
  • NC.2.NBT.8 Mentally add or subtract 10 or 100 to or from a number between 100 and 900.

Measurement and Data (MD)

  • Measure and estimate lengths in standard units
  • NC.2.MD.1 Measure lengths in standard units with tools such as rulers and tape measures.
  • NC.2.MD.2 Measure an object with two different units and explain how the unit affects the measurement.
  • NC.2.MD.3 Estimate lengths in inches, feet, yards, centimeters, and meters.
  • NC.2.MD.4 Measure to find how much longer one object is than another in a standard unit.
  • Relate addition and subtraction to length
  • NC.2.MD.5 Solve length word problems within 100 using addition, subtraction, and equations with like units.
  • NC.2.MD.6 Represent whole numbers and their sums and differences within 100 on an equally spaced number line.
  • Build understanding of time and money
  • NC.2.MD.7 Tell and write time to the nearest five minutes using a.m. and p.m.
  • NC.2.MD.8 Solve word problems with coins within 99 cents and with whole dollar amounts, using correct symbols.
  • Represent and interpret data
  • NC.2.MD.10 Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to four categories using picture and bar graphs.

Geometry (G)

  • Reason with shapes and their attributes
  • NC.2.G.1 Recognize and draw triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, and hexagons with given attributes; describe prisms and cubes.
  • NC.2.G.3 Partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares described with fraction words.

Tests and key dates

Check the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction for state tests and testing windows.

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Standards codes from the North Carolina Standard Course of Study (NCDPI). Summaries are Classfern's own words, not the official text – see NCDPI for the official wording.

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