Addition word problems within 20 worksheet
Write an addition sentence for each story and include what you counted in your answer.
Name ________________________Date ______________
Worked example · Count the balloons
Dev blows up five yellow balloons and eight green balloons. How many balloons does he blow up?
We want the total from both colours. Write 5 + 8.
Count five more from eight to get 13 balloons.
Practice questions
- A basket has 6 mangoes and 5 guavas. How many fruits are in the basket?
- Tara reads 7 pages before lunch and 8 later. How many pages does she read?
- There are 10 toy cars on a shelf. Kabir puts 4 more there. How many cars are on the shelf now?
- One table has 9 cups and another has 8. How many cups are there altogether?
- Asha has 3 shells and finds 9 more. How many shells does she have now?
- There are 11 children on a bus. Seven more get on. How many are on the bus now?