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: ____________
1Leo has 2 balloons. Leo gets some more balloons at a party. Now Leo has 5 balloons. How many balloons did Leo get at the party?
Answer: ______________ balloons
2A tank has 20 fish. 7 are blue and the rest are striped. How many fish are striped?
Answer: ______________ fish
3Maya has 9 balloons. Maya gets some more balloons at a party. Now Maya has 14 balloons. How many balloons did Maya get at the party?
Answer: ______________ balloons
4Aiden has 16 marbles. Aiden has 13 more marbles than Nora. How many marbles does Nora have?
Answer: ______________ marbles
54 frogs sit on a log. Some more frogs hop onto the log. Now 15 frogs are on the log. How many frogs hopped onto the log?
Answer: ______________ frogs
6Maya found 20 shells. Ana found 5 shells. How many fewer shells did Ana find than Maya?
Answer: ______________ shells
7Kai baked 7 muffins. Kai baked 12 fewer muffins than Ana. How many muffins did Ana bake?
Answer: ______________ muffins
8Leo read 15 pages. Nora read 13 fewer pages than Leo. How many pages did Nora read?
Answer: ______________ pages
9Priya has 13 cards. Leo has 2 more cards than Priya. How many cards does Leo have?
Answer: ______________ cards
10Ben has 16 balloons. Some balloons float away. Now Ben has 11 balloons left. How many balloons floated away?
Answer: ______________ balloons
11Theo found 6 shells. Aiden found 2 fewer shells than Theo. How many shells did Aiden find?
Answer: ______________ shells
12There are 5 cars in a parking lot. Some cars drive away. Now there are 2 cars left in the lot. How many cars drove away?
Answer: ______________ cars
Answer key: Story problems to 20
- 1. 3 balloons
- 2. 13 fish
- 3. 5 balloons
- 4. 3 marbles
- 5. 11 frogs
- 6. 15 shells
- 7. 19 muffins
- 8. 2 pages
- 9. 15 cards
- 10. 5 balloons
- 11. 4 shells
- 12. 3 cars
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