πagarwalmath · 1st grade · Common Core 1.OA.A.1
🕵️ Story problems to 20
Add/subtract story problems within 20, unknown in any position
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1There are 2 dogs and 4 cats at the pet shop. How many pets are there in all?
Answer: ______________ pets
2Mei read 18 pages. Leo read 9 fewer pages than Mei. How many pages did Leo read?
Answer: ______________ pages
3Ben bakes 4 cookies. Then Ben bakes 3 more cookies. How many cookies are there now?
Answer: ______________ cookies
4Lily found 11 shells. Lily found 7 more shells than Kai. How many shells did Kai find?
Answer: ______________ shells
5Rosa caught 3 fish. Rosa caught 6 fewer fish than Ana. How many fish did Ana catch?
Answer: ______________ fish
6There are 7 birds in a tree. 3 birds fly away. How many birds are left in the tree?
Answer: ______________ birds
7Maya caught 18 fish. Maya caught 16 more fish than Lily. How many fish did Lily catch?
Answer: ______________ fish
8Rosa picks 17 apples. Rosa puts some apples in a pie. Now Rosa has 3 apples left. How many apples went in the pie?
Answer: ______________ apples
9Zoe bakes some cookies. The family eats 4 of the cookies. Now there are 2 cookies left. How many cookies did Zoe bake at first?
Answer: ______________ cookies
10Theo read 16 pages. Leo read 8 pages. How many fewer pages did Leo read than Theo?
Answer: ______________ pages
11A tank has 15 fish. 11 are blue and the rest are striped. How many fish are striped?
Answer: ______________ fish
12Priya has some balloons. Priya gets 10 more balloons at a party. Now Priya has 20 balloons. How many balloons did Priya have at first?
Answer: ______________ balloons
Answer key: Story problems to 20
- 1. 6 pets
- 2. 9 pages
- 3. 7 cookies
- 4. 4 shells
- 5. 9 fish
- 6. 4 birds
- 7. 2 fish
- 8. 14 apples
- 9. 6 cookies
- 10. 8 pages
- 11. 4 fish
- 12. 10 balloons
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