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: ____________
1Omar has 7 marbles. Leo has 2 fewer marbles than Omar. How many marbles does Leo have?
Answer: ______________ marbles
2Omar read 6 pages. Kai read 5 more pages than Omar. How many pages did Kai read?
Answer: ______________ pages
3Jamal picked 7 strawberries. Sam picked 3 fewer strawberries than Jamal. How many strawberries did Sam pick?
Answer: ______________ strawberries
4Theo finds 8 shells at the beach. Then Theo finds some more shells. Now Theo has 20 shells. How many more shells did Theo find?
Answer: ______________ shells
5Leo caught 19 fish. Jamal caught 10 fish. How many fewer fish did Jamal catch than Leo?
Answer: ______________ fish
6Ben read 7 pages. Ben read 3 fewer pages than Jamal. How many pages did Jamal read?
Answer: ______________ pages
7Some ducks swim in a pond. 3 ducks waddle away. Now 5 ducks are left in the pond. How many ducks were in the pond at first?
Answer: ______________ ducks
8Ben picks some apples. Then Ben picks 5 more apples. Now Ben has 19 apples. How many apples did Ben pick at first?
Answer: ______________ apples
9Lily caught 2 fish. Sam caught 2 more fish than Lily. How many fish did Sam catch?
Answer: ______________ fish
10Zoe puts 9 flowers in a vase. 5 are red and the rest are yellow. How many flowers are yellow?
Answer: ______________ flowers
117 frogs sit on a log. Some more frogs hop onto the log. Now 18 frogs are on the log. How many frogs hopped onto the log?
Answer: ______________ frogs
12Jamal caught 5 fish. Jamal caught 3 more fish than Priya. How many fish did Priya catch?
Answer: ______________ fish
Answer key: Story problems to 20
- 1. 5 marbles
- 2. 11 pages
- 3. 4 strawberries
- 4. 12 shells
- 5. 9 fish
- 6. 10 pages
- 7. 8 ducks
- 8. 14 apples
- 9. 4 fish
- 10. 4 flowers
- 11. 11 frogs
- 12. 2 fish
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