2nd Grade Math (Pennsylvania PA Core)
Your Teacher Information Pack for 2nd Grade Math in Pennsylvania: 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
- Pennsylvania
- Grade
- Grade 2
- Standards
- Pennsylvania Core Standards for Mathematics (PA Core)
- Last checked
- 2026-10-21
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The standards (our summaries)
Pennsylvania's official codes with our own short summaries (not the official wording). Each code links to the official document.
2.1 Numbers and Operations
- CC.2.1.2.B.1 Understand that the three digits of a number stand for hundreds, tens and ones.
- CC.2.1.2.B.2 Use place value to read, write, count and compare numbers to 1000.
- CC.2.1.2.B.3 Add and subtract using place-value strategies and operation properties, including adding several two-digit numbers.
2.2 Algebraic Concepts
- CC.2.2.2.A.1 Solve one- and two-step addition and subtraction word problems within 100.
- CC.2.2.2.A.2 Add and subtract within 20 fluently with mental strategies and properties of addition.
- CC.2.2.2.A.3 Work with equal groups (odd and even, arrays) to build a base for multiplication.
2.3 Geometry
- CC.2.3.2.A.1 Recognize and draw shapes with given attributes: triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons and cubes.
- CC.2.3.2.A.2 Split circles and rectangles into halves, thirds and fourths; equal shares need not match in shape.
2.4 Measurement, Data, and Probability
- CC.2.4.2.A.1 Measure and estimate lengths in standard units with suitable tools.
- CC.2.4.2.A.2 Tell and write time to the nearest five minutes on analog and digital clocks.
- CC.2.4.2.A.3 Solve money problems with coins and bills, using $ and ¢.
- CC.2.4.2.A.4 Show and interpret data in line plots, picture graphs and bar graphs.
- CC.2.4.2.A.6 Solve length problems by adding and subtracting within 100, including on a number line.
Tests and key dates
- PSSA (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) – grades 3-8 (official page)
- Keystone Exams (end of course) – grades Algebra I, Literature, Biology (official page)
Check the Pennsylvania Department of Education for which grades are tested and this year's testing dates.
Official documents
- static.pdesas.org: CF Math GRD 2 2016
- pa.gov: pa core math standards
- static.pdesas.org: CF Math GRD 3 2016
- pa.gov: pa core ela standards
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Standards codes from the Pennsylvania Core Standards for Mathematics (Pennsylvania Department of Education). Summaries are Classfern's own words. Not affiliated with or endorsed by PDE or the State Board of Education.
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