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 11 birds in a tree. Some more birds fly to the tree. Now there are 13 birds in the tree. How many birds flew to the tree?
Answer: ______________ birds
2Leo read 9 pages. Lily read 4 pages. How many more pages did Leo read than Lily?
Answer: ______________ pages
3Sam read 18 pages. Sam read 14 more pages than Lily. How many pages did Lily read?
Answer: ______________ pages
4A tank has 9 fish. 2 are blue and the rest are striped. How many fish are striped?
Answer: ______________ fish
5Jamal finds some shells at the beach. Then Jamal finds 2 more shells. Now Jamal has 4 shells. How many shells did Jamal find at first?
Answer: ______________ shells
6Leo picked 5 strawberries. Rosa picked 5 more strawberries than Leo. How many strawberries did Rosa pick?
Answer: ______________ strawberries
7There are some birds in a tree. 9 more birds fly to the tree. Now there are 12 birds in the tree. How many birds were in the tree at first?
Answer: ______________ birds
8Lily read 14 pages. Maya read 3 fewer pages than Lily. How many pages did Maya read?
Answer: ______________ pages
9Nora bakes 8 cookies. The family eats some of the cookies. Now there are 4 cookies left. How many cookies did the family eat?
Answer: ______________ cookies
10Kai has 7 stickers. Kai has 5 more stickers than Leo. How many stickers does Leo have?
Answer: ______________ stickers
11Theo has 3 stickers. Ben gives Theo some more stickers. Now Theo has 5 stickers. How many stickers did Ben give Theo?
Answer: ______________ stickers
12Theo bakes some cookies. The family eats 4 of the cookies. Now there are 11 cookies left. How many cookies did Theo bake at first?
Answer: ______________ cookies
Answer key: Story problems to 20
- 1. 2 birds
- 2. 5 pages
- 3. 4 pages
- 4. 7 fish
- 5. 2 shells
- 6. 10 strawberries
- 7. 3 birds
- 8. 11 pages
- 9. 4 cookies
- 10. 2 stickers
- 11. 2 stickers
- 12. 15 cookies
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