Year 2 Christmas maths worksheets
A free 3-page Christmas maths booklet for Year 2, set in an Australian summer Christmas. Two-digit addition warm-ups, equal groups and fair sharing, halves and quarters of a collection, Christmas stall money problems in Australian dollars and cents, and how long an event lasts in hours. Print it for the class, turn on the answer key for marking, or switch edition for a fresh set with the same skills.
How to use it in class
- Encourage arrays and quick sketches for the equal groups problems before students write the number sentence.
- Set up a pretend Christmas stall with price tags from page 3 so students can handle real or play money.
- Mark page 1 together and use the errors to decide who needs the sharing problems modelled again.
Is it right for my class?
Suits most Year 2 classes in November and December. Students who are secure with the 2, 5 and 10 facts can move on to the Year 3 booklet.
25 questions over 3 pages. After the warm-up the pages are story problems, so students read more there; read them aloud for early readers.
Warm up
Adding two-digit numbers
AC9M2N04Solve each problem. Show your work if you need to.
- 1.10 + 16 =
- 2.12 + 15 =
- 3.17 + 8 =
- 4.3 + 1 =
- 5.20 + 1 =
- 6.5 + 7 =
- 7.9 + 10 =
- 8.9 + 11 =
Counting in groups
AC9M2A01Fill in the missing numbers in each counting pattern.
- 9.5, 10, 15, ___, ___, ___
- 10.10, 20, 30, ___, ___, ___
- 11.2, 4, 6, ___, ___, ___
Christmas stories
Equal groups
AC9M2N05Read each Christmas story. Write a number sentence, then the answer.
- 1.Maya buys 2 boxes of Christmas crackers with 3 in each box. How many Christmas crackers is that altogether?
- 2.Eli buys 3 punnets of cherries with 5 in each punnet. How many cherries is that altogether?
- 3.Aria buys 3 strings of fairy lights with 3 in each string. How many fairy lights is that altogether?
- 4.Jack buys 5 strings of fairy lights with 2 in each string. How many fairy lights is that altogether?
Sharing
AC9M2N06Read each Christmas story. Write a number sentence, then the answer.
- 5.Sami shares 6 cherries equally between 3 cousins. How many cherries does each cousin get?
- 6.Ned shares 16 stickers equally between 4 cousins. How many stickers does each cousin get?
- 7.Oliver shares 6 stickers equally between 2 cousins. How many stickers does each cousin get?
Pavlova, the Christmas stall and the party
Halves and quarters
AC9M2N03Find the part of each group.
- 1.Grace has 12 candy canes and puts half of them on the Christmas tree. How many candy canes go on the tree?
- 2.Tom cuts a Christmas pavlova into 8 equal pieces and gives a quarter of them to the neighbours. How many pieces go to the neighbours?
Dollars and cents
AC9M2N06Work out each total or the change.
- 3.At the school Christmas stall, Ned buys a bauble for $1.50 and a gift tag for $0.30. How much does Ned spend altogether?
- 4.Oliver buys a Christmas card for $1.00 and pays with a $2 coin. How much change should Oliver get?
- 5.At the school Christmas stall, Noah buys a Christmas card for $1.00 and a paper star for $0.80. How much does Noah spend altogether?
How long?
AC9M2M04Count on in hours from the start time.
- 6.The Christmas picnic in the park starts at 2:00 pm and finishes at 5:00 pm. How many hours does it last?
- 7.The Christmas picnic in the park starts at 10:00 am and finishes at 11:00 am. How many hours does it last?
Year 2 curriculum codes in this booklet
- AC9M2N04 Add and subtract one- and two-digit numbers
- AC9M2A01 Growing and shrinking patterns
- AC9M2N05 Multiply and divide by one digit
- AC9M2N06 Model adding, grouping and money problems
- AC9M2N03 Halves, quarters and eighths
- AC9M2M04 Read time to the quarter hour
Codes and titles from the Australian Curriculum Version 9.0 Mathematics, paraphrased in our own words. © ACARA, licensed CC BY 4.0.
More Year 2 practice after Christmas
Christmas word puzzles for Year 2
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Year 2 Christmas maths FAQ
What does the Year 2 Christmas maths booklet cover?
Two-digit addition warm-ups, equal groups and fair sharing, halves and quarters of a collection, Christmas stall money problems in Australian dollars and cents, and how long an event lasts in hours. It has 25 questions over 3 A4 pages, plus an answer key.
Which Australian Curriculum codes does it cover?
It practises AC9M2N04 (Add and subtract one- and two-digit numbers), AC9M2A01 (Growing and shrinking patterns), AC9M2N05 (Multiply and divide by one digit), AC9M2N06 (Model adding, grouping and money problems), AC9M2N03 (Halves, quarters and eighths), AC9M2M04 (Read time to the quarter hour), from the Australian Curriculum v9 Mathematics for Year 2.
Is the answer key correct?
Yes. The warm-up questions come from ChalkBee's procedural maths generators, and every Christmas story problem computes its answer from the numbers in the question. Nothing is typed by hand or written by AI, and automated tests re-check every answer.
Is this the right level for my class?
Suits most Year 2 classes in November and December. Students who are secure with the 2, 5 and 10 facts can move on to the Year 3 booklet.