Year 2 Block B – Securing number facts, understanding shape

Vocabulary

This page contains a list of key vocabulary that children should be using when they are learning the mathematics in this block.

problem, solution, calculate, calculation, operation, inverse, answer, method, explain, predict, reason, pattern, relationship, sort, classify, property

add, subtract, multiply, divide, sum, total, difference, plus, minus, half, halve, halved, double, doubled, multiple, odd, even

square, rectangle, rectangular, triangle, triangular, circle, circular, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, pyramid, cube, cuboid, sphere, cone, cylinder,

face, corner, edge, side, flat, curved surface, straight, round, shape, hollow, solid,

line of symmetry, fold, mirror line, reflection