Year 2 Focused Practice
Practise and show your thinking
These short practice sets target Year 2 money and time, data, shape and position. They are designed for independent written practice and do not reveal answers on the learner page.
Money and time practice
Independent practice with pounds and pence, clock language, calendar order and time units.
1. 20p + 30p = __p
2. You pay £1 for a toy costing 35p. What change should you receive?
3. Write quarter past 4 as a digital time.
4. Write quarter to 6 as a digital time.
5. How many minutes are in one hour?
6. Which day comes after Tuesday?
7. Which month comes after March?
8. Which is longer: 1 hour or 30 minutes?
Data and charts practice
Independent practice with categories, frequencies, keys and comparisons.
1. A tally shows 6 children chose apples. What is the frequency for apples?
2. A pictogram key says one symbol represents 2 books. Five symbols represent how many books?
3. A table shows 8 red counters and 5 blue counters. How many more red counters are there?
4. Write one sensible category for a chart about favourite fruit.
5. A chart has 3 groups of 4 objects. How many objects are shown altogether?
6. Why is a key useful on a pictogram?
Shape and position practice
Independent practice with shape properties, turns, position and symmetry language.
1. How many sides does a square have?
2. How many vertices does a cuboid have?
3. How many right angles are in a quarter turn?
4. A shape turns half a turn clockwise. Which way does it face compared with its start?
5. Complete the sentence: a vertical line of symmetry makes two ______ halves.
6. The star is to the left of the circle. Where is the circle from the star?
7. Name a 2-D shape with 3 sides.
8. Name one property you could use to sort a cube and a sphere.