About This Worksheet
Place Value Split is a second grade regrouping activity that helps students break each addend into tens and ones before combining the parts. Each problem guides children to rewrite numbers in expanded form, add the tens, add the ones, and regroup when the ones total 10 or more. For example, 26 + 18 becomes 20 + 6 and 10 + 8, so students can see exactly where the extra ten comes from. This makes regrouping more understandable because the process is tied directly to place value. Students finish by combining the partial sums to find the total.
Curriculum and Grade Alignment
This worksheet is designed for second grade learners who are strengthening their understanding of regrouping through expanded form. The main goal is to help students see how tens and ones are separated, combined, and regrouped during addition. Before using this page, your child should understand expanded notation and know that 10 ones can be exchanged for 1 ten. The next step is applying the same thinking more efficiently in vertical addition. This activity supports place-value reasoning, decomposition, and two-digit addition with regrouping.
Student Tasks
On this worksheet, students will solve six two-digit addition problems. They first rewrite both numbers in expanded form, then add the tens and ones separately. When the ones total 10 or more, they record the regrouping before combining everything into a final answer. Problems include examples such as 26 + 18, 37 + 25, 48 + 17, 59 + 16, 45 + 28, and 68 + 15. The guided blanks help students show each stage of the strategy.
Common Challenges and Misconceptions
Some students may write 26 as 2 + 6 instead of 20 + 6. Others may correctly find a two-digit ones total, such as 14, but forget to move 10 of those ones into the tens. A child may also combine the partial sums incorrectly after completing the earlier steps. Encourage your child to label each amount as tens or ones and say, “10 ones become 1 ten,” whenever regrouping is needed. This helps keep the place-value structure clear.
Implementation Guidance
Teachers can use this worksheet after students have practiced regrouping with base-ten blocks and place-value charts. It works well as a written bridge between concrete models and the standard algorithm. Parents can ask the child to say each number in expanded form before writing it down. If regrouping becomes confusing, use 10 small counters to physically trade for one group of ten. This reinforces the reason behind the written steps.
Details and Features
This worksheet includes six large problem boxes with guided spaces for expanded form, tens totals, ones totals, regrouping, and final answers. The repeated format keeps the strategy consistent across the page. Each problem requires students to show their place-value thinking instead of writing only the final sum. The green-bordered layout keeps every step visually organized. The printable supports expanded form, regrouping, place value, and multi-step addition reasoning.