Common Core: 1st Grade Math : Adding and Subtracting Within 20

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for Common Core: 1st Grade Math

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Example Questions

Example Question #826 : Operations & Algebraic Thinking

There are two after school programs at Steve’s school. One program has  students and the other program has . How many students go to the after school programs? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total sutents are in the after school programs when we put the two programs together. When we put things together we are adding. 

We can start at  and count up .

Example Question #11 : Addition Within 20 To Solve Word Problems

Drew has homework in his English class and his science class. He has  chapters to read in his science book and  chapters to read in his English book. How many total chapters does Drew have to read? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total chapter he has to read when we put the English and the science chapters together. When we put things together we are adding. 

We can start at  and count up .

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? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

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? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

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? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

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? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

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 .

Example Question #431 : Adding And Subtracting Within 20

Tim’s favorite tree had  branches before the storm last night. He saw  branches in the yard this morning. How many branches are left on the tree? 

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Explanation:

This is a subtraction problem because the tree lost branches, so it will have less than what it started with. 

We can start at  and count back 

Example Question #322 : Operations

Megan has  markers. Ben only has  markers so Megan lets Ben have  of her markers. How many markers does Megan have left? 

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Explanation:

This is a subtraction problem because Megan is giving some of her markers away, so she will have less than what she started with. 

We can start at  and count back .

Example Question #322 : Operations

The toy panda weighs  pounds less than the toy truck. The truck weighs  pounds, how much does the panda weigh? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

This is a subtraction problem because we are finding the difference in weight between the truck and the panda. 

We can start at  and count back .

Example Question #324 : Operations

Jess has  t-shirts in her drawer. This week she has worn  of her t-shirts. How many are left in the drawer? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

This is a subtraction problem because Jess has worn some of her shirts, so her total number of shirts in the drawer is decreasing.

 

We can start at  and count back .

 

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