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: ____________
1Aiden finds some shells at the beach. Then Aiden finds 2 more shells. Now Aiden has 10 shells. How many shells did Aiden find at first?
Answer: ______________ shells
2Theo has 20 cards. Zoe has 17 cards. How many fewer cards does Zoe have than Theo?
Answer: ______________ cards
3Aiden has 8 cards. Leo has 6 more cards than Aiden. How many cards does Leo have?
Answer: ______________ cards
4Jamal bakes some cookies. The family eats 3 of the cookies. Now there are 6 cookies left. How many cookies did Jamal bake at first?
Answer: ______________ cookies
5Zoe baked 8 muffins. Lily baked 6 muffins. How many more muffins did Zoe bake than Lily?
Answer: ______________ muffins
6Rosa finds 2 shells at the beach. Then Rosa finds some more shells. Now Rosa has 4 shells. How many more shells did Rosa find?
Answer: ______________ shells
7Priya baked 9 muffins. Priya baked 4 more muffins than Sam. How many muffins did Sam bake?
Answer: ______________ muffins
8Priya bakes some cookies. Then Priya bakes 3 more cookies. Now there are 15 cookies. How many cookies did Priya bake at first?
Answer: ______________ cookies
99 frogs sit on a log. Some frogs jump into the pond. Now 5 frogs are left on the log. How many frogs jumped into the pond?
Answer: ______________ frogs
10Mei has 13 stickers. Ana has 9 stickers. How many fewer stickers does Ana have than Mei?
Answer: ______________ stickers
11Ben has 9 cards. Leo has 2 fewer cards than Ben. How many cards does Leo have?
Answer: ______________ cards
1214 kids are playing. 7 are on the swings and the rest are on the slide. How many kids are on the slide?
Answer: ______________ kids
Answer key: Story problems to 20
- 1. 8 shells
- 2. 3 cards
- 3. 14 cards
- 4. 9 cookies
- 5. 2 muffins
- 6. 2 shells
- 7. 5 muffins
- 8. 12 cookies
- 9. 4 frogs
- 10. 4 stickers
- 11. 7 cards
- 12. 7 kids
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