1st Grade Math - Addition within 20 to Solve Word Problems

Tracy picked strawberries from a bush in her yard, and strawberries from her neighbors bush. How many strawberries does she have?

Explanation

This is an addition problem because Tracy has two groups of strawberries that she is putting together into one group. When you put things together you are adding.

We can start at and count up .

$\frac{\begin{array}[b]{r}5\ +\ 7\end{array}}{ \ \space 12}$

During a sleepover, Maggie and Alex want to play all the games in Alex’s toy closet. They play games on Friday night and games on Saturday. How many total games do they play?

Explanation

This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total games they played when we put the games they played on Friday together with the games they played on Saturday. When we put things together we are adding.

We can start at and count up .

$\frac{\begin{array}[b]{r}3\ +\ 7\end{array}}{ \ \ \space 10}$

Drew has homework in his English class and his science class. He has chapters to read in his science book and chapters to read in his English book. How many total chapters does Drew have to read?

Explanation

This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total chapter he has to read when we put the English and the science chapters together. When we put things together we are adding.

We can start at and count up .

$\frac{\begin{array}[b]{r}2\ +\ 4\end{array}}{ \ \ \ \space 6}$

A furniture store has tables for sale and chairs for sale. How many total things do they have for sale?

Explanation

This is an addition problem because we are putting the table and chairs together. When we put things together we are adding.

We can start at and count up .

$\frac{\begin{array}[b]{r}6\ +\ 12\end{array}}{ \ \ \ \space 18}$

During a baseball game, the green team scored points and the yellow team scored points. How many total points were scored during the game?

Explanation

This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total points were score when we put the green teams points and the yellow teams points together. When we put things together we are adding.

We can start at and count up .

$\frac{\begin{array}[b]{r}4\ +\ 8\end{array}}{ \ \ \space 12}$

A candy store has blue gumballs and yellow gumballs. How many total gumballs does the store have?

Explanation

This is an addition problem because we are putting the blue and the yellow gumballs together. When we put things together we are adding.

We can start at and count up .

$\frac{\begin{array}[b]{r}14\ +\ 5\end{array}}{ \ \ \space 19}$

This weekend is John’s birthday. He has a party on both Saturday and Sunday! On Saturday he got gifts and on Sunday he got gifts. How many total gifts did John get for his birthday?

Explanation

This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total gifts John got for his birthday when we put the number of gifts he got on Sautrday together with the number of gifts he got on Sunday. When we put things together we are adding.

We can start at and count up .

$\frac{\begin{array}[b]{r}10\ +\ 4\end{array}}{ \ \ \space 14}$

For the school play, there are singing parts and talking parts. How many total parts are in the play?

Explanation

This is an addition problem because we want to know how many total parts there are when we put the singing and the talking parts together. When we put things together we are adding.

We can start at and count up .

$\frac{\begin{array}[b]{r}8\ +\ 3\end{array}}{ \ \ \space 11}$

Zack ate pieces of chocolate at lunch and pieces of chocolate after dinner. How many pieces did he eat?

Explanation

This is an addition problem because we want to know the total number of pieces of chocolate that Zack ate, we are putting the pieces together that he had at lunch and after dinner. When we put things together we are adding.

We can start at and count up .

$\frac{\begin{array}[b]{r}3\ +\ 4\end{array}}{ \ \ \ \space 7}$

Jeff needs to collect leaves for a school project. He picked up leaves in his front yard and leaves in his backyard. How many leaves has he collected?

Explanation

This is an addition problem because we are putting the leaves that Jeff collected in the front yard together with the leaves he collected in the backyard. When we put things together we are adding.

We can start at and count up .