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Overview

<p> Beast Academy is the new elementary-school math curriculum from Art of Problem Solving. Beast Academy provides a full, rigorous, and entertaining curriculum for aspiring math beasts ages 6–13. The series consists of four two-book sets for each level. The Guide book of each set presents the lessons and the Practice book provides exercises and problems to reinforce the lessons. </p> <p> Beast Academy 2B is the second set in the four-set series for Level 2. Guide 2B delivers complete lessons to the students of Beast Academy in an engaging comic-book style. The companion book, Practice 2B, provides nearly 500 problems ranging from introductory level exercises to very challenging puzzles and word problems to reinforce the lessons in the Guide. </p> <h4>Beast Academy 2B covers the following topics:</h4> <p> <strong> Subtraction </strong>: Place value strategies, using addition, finding a difference, counting up, subtracting then adding, subtracting all at once, and subtracting in parts.<br> <strong> Expressions </strong>: Evaluating expressions, using parentheses, working with symbols, simplifying, and solving equations.<br> <strong> Problem Solving </strong>: Guessing and checking, working backwards, drawing a picture, finding useful information. </p> <h4>Beast Academy 2B is the second part of our four-part series for Level 2:</h4> <div style="text-align:center"> <div style="text-align:center"> <a href="/store/item/beast-2a"><img width="128" src="/assets/images/beastacademy/2AGray.svg"></a> <a href="/store/item/beast-2b"><img width="128" src="/assets/images/beastacademy/2BNavy.svg"></a> <a href="/store/item/beast-2c"><img width="128" src="/assets/images/beastacademy/2CGray.svg"></a> <a href="/store/item/beast-2d"><img width="128" src="/assets/images/beastacademy/2DGray.svg"></a> <a href="/store/item/beast-2-puzzles"><img width="128" src="/assets/images/beastacademy/2PGray.svg"></a> </div> </div> <table style="width:100%"> <tr> <td> <strong>Guide</strong><br> Full Color. Paperback.<br> 104 pages. 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches.<br> ISBN: 978-1-934124-32-1 </td> <td> <strong>Practice</strong><br> Black and White. Paperback.<br> 160 pages. 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches.<br> ISBN: 978-1-934124-33-8 </td> </tr> </table> <p> For more information, reviews, printables, and errata, visit <a href="http://beastacademy.com">BeastAcademy.com</a>. </p>