Math Challenges for 2nd or 3rd Grade | 40 Problems of the Week

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The Mountain Teacher
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Grade Levels
2nd - 4th
Resource Type
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  • Google Apps™
Pages
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Description

Looking for a fun way to add rigor and critical thinking to your math block? These 40 2nd and 3rd grade math challenges are a great way to get students thinking critically about math. Use these 40 problems as a "problem of the week" for an easy center, early finisher activity or to help with enrichment during your math block.

What's Inside the Math Challenges for 2nd or 3rd Grade:

There are 40 challenge problems appropriate for 2nd or 3rd grade students. The challenge problems range across topics including money, word problems, 2 and 3 digit addition, basic multiplication and division (can be done without actually having learned multiplication and division) and more. They all require students to think critically and have different entry points and ways to solve them.

What Formats are Included for the Math Challenges for 2nd or 3rd Grade

The 40 problem of the week math challenges are included in MANY formats.

  • 40 Printable or Projectable Posters
  • 40 Page Projectable Google Slides Template
  • 40 Page Printable Workbook or Worksheets
  • 40 Page Google Workbook
  • 4 to a Page Mini Math Journal Prompts

The answer key is also included.

When to Use the Math Challenges for 2nd or 3rd Grade

  • Early Finishers
  • Math Enrichment
  • Centers
  • Small Groups (enrichment)
  • Math Choice Board
  • Bell Work
  • Small Group Work
  • Independent Activity
  • With a Volunteer or Teaching Aid
  • Homeschool Environments
  • Enrichment Homework
  • Flex Time
  • WIN Time

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Total Pages
245+
Answer Key
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Teaching Duration
1 Year
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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately. Example: If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have?
Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.
Add up to four two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.
Add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method. Understand that in adding or subtracting three-digit numbers, one adds or subtracts hundreds and hundreds, tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose or decompose tens or hundreds.
Mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100–900, and mentally subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100–900.

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