Word problems (put together): Word Problems
Grade 1 · Addition within 20 · CCSS.Math.1.OA
- Maya had 7 books. Maya got 4 more. How many books now? ___
- Diego had 10 beads. Diego got 7 more. How many beads now? ___
- Zoe had 7 leaves. Zoe got 2 more. How many leaves now? ___
- Priya had 6 crayons. Priya got 8 more. How many crayons now? ___
- Ava had 8 marbles. Ava got 2 more. How many marbles now? ___
- Leo had 2 beads. Leo got 10 more. How many beads now? ___
This is the preview. Hit "Print this worksheet" above to open a clean, ad-free, one-page version with name and date lines and writing space for each problem. A separate answer key prints on the second page for the grown-up. Tear it off before handing the practice page to your child.
Use this free Grade 1 math worksheet to help your child master Word problems (put together). It belongs to our Addition within 20 collection, aligns with CCSS.Math.1.OA, and is built so a kid with a sharp pencil can finish a meaningful round of practice in roughly ten minutes.
Because the worksheet is designed for independent practice, the directions are written in friendly student language and avoid teacher-only jargon. By the end of the page, learners should be able to explain their strategy in a sentence, not just write an answer.
Print one copy per child, set a quiet 10–15 minute block, and let students work through the page with a pencil and an eraser. Sit with them as they finish so any misconceptions surface right away instead of getting practiced into bad habits.
Want a different angle on this skill? Try the matching variants in our Grade 1 · Addition within 20 collection, or jump up to the cross-grade Addition within 20 hub.
Parents tell us the most useful thing about this Word problems (put together) page is how fast they can hand it to a kid. No login. No PDF locked behind an email gate. Click print, hand it over, get ten quiet minutes of real math practice without prepping anything.
This worksheet is aligned to Common Core State Standard CCSS.Math.1.OA and supports the broader Addition within 20 progression that students continue to build through later grades. The same skill is revisited each year with greater abstraction, so the work your student does on this single sheet feeds into the multi-digit and multi-step problems they will see in middle school.
Looking for more Addition within 20 practice? Browse the rest of the Grade 1 collection for related printables that scaffold the same standard from different angles.
Sample problems on this worksheet
- Maya had 7 books. Maya got 4 more. How many books now? ___
- Diego had 10 beads. Diego got 7 more. How many beads now? ___
- Zoe had 7 leaves. Zoe got 2 more. How many leaves now? ___
- Priya had 6 crayons. Priya got 8 more. How many crayons now? ___
- Ava had 8 marbles. Ava got 2 more. How many marbles now? ___
- Leo had 2 beads. Leo got 10 more. How many beads now? ___
How to use this worksheet
Print one copy per child on standard letter or A4 paper. Set a quiet 10 to 15 minute window. Hand your student a sharpened pencil and an eraser, and let them work top to bottom. The first row is a warm-up on purpose. The last row is a stretch on purpose. Sit with them as they finish so any misconceptions surface right away instead of getting practiced into a bad habit.
If your student finishes quickly, flip the page over and ask them to write two new problems of their own that target the same skill. It's a powerful retention move. If they get stuck, pull out manipulatives that match the skill (counters for early addition, base-ten blocks for place value, fraction tiles for fractions) and work through one or two problems together before letting them try the rest on their own.
Common Core alignment
This page targets CCSS.Math.1.OA inside the broader Addition within 20 progression. The skill is introduced earlier in elementary school through concrete representations and revisited each year with greater abstraction. To see how it develops across grade levels, visit our Addition within 20 hub. To see the rest of the Grade 1 work in this strand, visit the Grade 1 · Addition within 20 collection.