The purpose of this task is for students to relate addition and subtraction problems to money and to situations and goals related to saving money.

The purpose of this task is for students to relate addition and subtraction problems to money and to situations and goals related to saving money. This problem can be adjusted based on where students are in their understanding of addition involving two digit numbers. To see a task with the same context that shows the mathematical work that second grade students will be doing around multi-digit addition, see 2.OA, NBT Saving Money 2[MB1] .