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Addition worksheets.

Small steps add up. Make a sheet of addition practice that starts where your learner is, from number facts to adding larger whole numbers.

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Addition practice

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Name: ________________________Date: ______________

Calculate each answer. Show your working where helpful.

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A LITTLE GUIDANCE

Practise addition with purpose

Start here when a learner can count objects, read the numbers in the chosen range and explain addition as combining quantities.

A sensible next step

  1. Begin with a small range, such as 0 to 10. Encourage counters or a number line before speed.
  2. Move to larger numbers when the learner can explain a strategy. A two-digit question may need place-value work even without regrouping.
  3. Use “No regrouping” to practise columns separately. Choose “Requires regrouping” when exchanging ten ones for one ten is the focus.
WORKED EXAMPLE

Example: 27 + 16

Add the ones: 7 + 6 = 13. Write 3 ones and exchange 10 ones for 1 ten. The tens are 2 + 1 + 1 = 4, so 27 + 16 = 43.

Watch for this

Writing 313 treats the ones and tens as separate answers. Ask what each digit represents, then align the place-value columns.

Try a five-minute lesson

Start with four questions from 0 to 10. Ask the learner to show one answer with counters and explain another by counting on from the larger number. Then ask how 8 + 2 can help with 8 + 3. A useful connection is that one more in an addend makes one more in the total.

Respond to the method

If counting is reliable but slow, practise making ten before increasing the range. For example, split 7 in 8 + 7 into 2 and 5: 8 + 2 + 5 = 15. For written work, use 10 to 99 without regrouping first, then keep the range and change only regrouping. A correct total alone does not tell you whether place value is secure.

How these settings work

The range applies to each addend, not the total. With a range of 0–50, a total can be as large as 100. All numbers are whole and nonnegative.

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