All Common Core: 1st Grade Math Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #828 : Operations & Algebraic Thinking
There are girls and boys in Mrs. Ray’s class. How many total students does Mrs. Ray have in her class?
This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total students there are when we put the boys and the girls together. When we put things together we are adding.
We can start at and count up .
Example Question #21 : Addition Within 20 To Solve Word Problems
For the school play, there are singing parts and talking parts. How many total parts are in the play?
This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total parts there are when we put the singing and the talking parts together. When we put things together we are adding.
We can start at and count up .
Example Question #22 : Addition Within 20 To Solve Word Problems
We ordered a large pizza and a medium pizza. The large pizza has slices of pizza and the medium pizza has slices of pizza. How many total slices of pizza are there?
This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total slices of pizza we have when we put the medium pizza slices together with the large pizza slices. When we put things together we are adding.
We can start at and count up .
Example Question #833 : Operations & Algebraic Thinking
The pet store has tanks for frogs. The first tank has frogs and the second tank has frogs. How many total frogs does the pet store have?
This is an addition problem because we are putting the frogs in the two tanks together. When we put things together we are adding.
We can start at and count up .