Number Square Puzzles

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Welcome to the 2nd Grade Math Salamanders Free Number Square Puzzles page.

Here you will find our selection of free printable number squares to help your child learn to count on and back by ones to 100 or 150.

Counting is one of the very first skills young children learn to do in their math journey.

When children first learn to count, they learn the number sequence, usually up to ten, but without an understanding of what the numbers mean.

Next, they learn to count objects and numbers of things that are in front of them and learn 1:1 correspondence when counting.

During this stage children are still learning their number sequence, and that numbers continue past 10. They learn to count up to higher numbers like 20 or 30. Eventually, they manage to learn to count up to 100, and that numbers up to 100 can be split up into tens and ones. Their Place Value learning has begun!

At a higher level, children know their place value up to 1000. They can count accurately by 1s, 10s and 100s from different starting points, and can split numbers up into hundreds, tens and ones.

By the end of 2nd grade, most children should be able to:

read, write, compare and order numbers up to 1000.
count by 1s, 2s, 5s, 10s, 100s for at least 25 terms;
count on or back by 1s, 10s and 100s from a range of starting points (up to 1000);
identify the number of 1s, 10s or 100s in a 3 digit number, and say what the value of each digit is;
write 3 digit numbers in expanded form, e.g. 375 = 300 + 70 + 5;
take a number written in expanded form and work out its value, e.g. 700 + 20 + 4 = 724;

100 Square Puzzles

Each puzzle consists of a section of a 100 square which has been partially filled in.

There are many puzzles on each sheet, and each puzzle page comes with a separate answer page.

Using these puzzles will give your child a very good mental image of the 100 square which will help them to count on and back in ones and tens.

Most of the puzzle sheets go up to 100, but some of the more challenging puzzle sheets go up to 150.

The sheets have been carefully graded, with the easier sheets coming first.

Using the sheets in this section will help your child to:

learn to count on and back by ones and tens up to 100;
build up a mental image of the traditional 100 square.

All the sheets in this section will help your child to develop their confidence counting on and back up to 100.

Number Square Puzzles (up to 100)

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Number Square Puzzles up to 150

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Looking for something easier?

The sheets in this section involve counting up or down in ones to complete a number square with numbers to 100.

The sheets are at an easier level than those in this section.

Number Square Worksheets

Looking for some Printable 100 Squares??

In this section you will find our selection of printable number squares.

Printable Number Squares

Reading and Writing 3 Digit Numbers

The worksheets in this section are all about reading and writing a range of 3 digit numbers.

Using the sheets in this section will help your child to:

Read and write 3 digit numbers;
Compare 3 digit numbers.

These place value sheets will help your child to become more confident handling 3 digit numbers.

Reading and Writing 3 Digit Numbers

Counting on and back

The worksheets in this section involve counting on and back by constant steps.

Counting is a really important skill for children to understand before they start adding up and subtracting.

Number Line Worksheets

The worksheets in this section involve counting in ones (or halves) to complete the missing numbers on the number lines.

Using the sheets will help your child to:

count by halves up to 10;
count by ones up to 1000;
count by tens up to 1000;
fill in missing numbers on a number line.

These number lines worksheets also cover counting up to 100 and 200.

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Number Lines Worksheets to 1000 in ones

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Free Number Line to 1000 in tens

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Math Number Lines to 10 - Counting by halves

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