# Addition and Subtraction Word Search

In Grade 2, students investigate addition and subtraction within 100 ([Outcome](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/29844)). You will learn words that describe the parts and strategies of addition and subtraction. When you add two numbers together, each number is called an addend, and the answer is the sum. Subtraction is the opposite of addition, and mathematicians call this relationship inverse operations ([Skills](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/29852)). As you solve problems, you will discover that a sum can be composed in multiple ways ([Understanding](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/29847)), and you might use strategy like doubles or making groups of ten to help you find the answer ([Knowledge](https://goa-cc-uat-aili-app-001.azurewebsites.net/explore/node/29850)). This word search helps you become familiar with the language of addition and subtraction.

## How to play

- Find each word in the grid. Words can run left to right, right to left, up and down, or diagonally.
- Circle or highlight the word when you find it.
- Check off each word on the word list as you find it.

## Words to find

- ADDEND
- ADDITION
- COMPOSE
- DOUBLES
- INVERSE
- QUANTITY
- STRATEGY
- SUBTRACTION

## Puzzle grid

| S | U | B | T | R | A | C | T | I | O | N | O | Z |
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| E | I | J | S | A | D | D | E | N | D | V | R | Q |
| I | C | R | V | N | D | Z | M | F | R | Q | A | Z |
| Q | A | O | P | P | I | O | K | J | S | F | I | P |
| K | S | Q | M | B | T | C | U | H | T | H | N | S |
| I | E | P | U | P | I | P | X | B | S | R | V | P |
| K | C | H | Y | A | O | I | Q | O | L | S | E | R |
| Z | G | D | E | Y | N | S | M | H | E | E | R | H |
| Z | E | S | T | R | A | T | E | G | Y | J | S | W |
| G | X | Q | D | B | Y | L | I | V | C | D | E | F |
| M | J | T | B | Y | J | Y | S | T | T | S | H | O |
| U | Z | I | D | L | B | R | O | I | Y | J | H | Y |
| K | R | C | S | F | L | Y | U | Q | H | S | A | I |

## Answer key

- **ADDEND**: row 2, column 5, across
- **ADDITION**: row 1, column 6, down
- **COMPOSE**: row 3, column 2, diagonal
- **DOUBLES**: row 3, column 6, diagonal
- **INVERSE**: row 4, column 12, down
- **QUANTITY**: row 5, column 3, diagonal
- **STRATEGY**: row 9, column 3, across
- **SUBTRACTION**: row 1, column 1, across

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