Illustrative Mathematics
Building toward fluency
Here is a great learning task that focuses on the development of areas in computational fluency including strategies in mental math. Young learners are guided through a list of addition expressions that help them visually understand the...
Curated OER
Finding Patterns
What's the pattern? Learners skip count to complete 12 sequences, some of which increase and some of which decrease. As they solve each number pattern they count by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, and 100, getting some extra subtraction and addition...
Curated OER
Estimating Sums of Money
By rounding, scholars find that adding money amounts becomes a breeze! They round two and three-digit numbers (with decimals) in these addition problems to get approximate sums. For each, mathematicians write the new addition equation...
Curated OER
Adding 2-Digit Numbers
If you're looking for guided addition problems, here is a practice list of 30. All of these have two double-digit addends, and many require regrouping. There are three example problems for learners to reference, each of which also...
Curated OER
Adding Up
Make addition visual in order to help beginners understand the concept. They add up beads on a string, examining an example before trying it on their own. Learners fill in addends and sums for these, and sometimes both....
Curated OER
Fact Families
With a few extra numbers, these fact families would be complete! After looking at an example, scholars write in the sums and differences for six equations as part of three different fact families. This is really for beginners to this...
Curated OER
Real-Life Problems
There's a party going on! Learners examine an image of a birthday party and answer 10 analysis questions. They employ a variety of math skills including telling time, days of the week, division, subtraction, multiplication, addition,...
Curated OER
And 2 More Makes...
If we add two more, how many does it make? Before youngsters start with addition, give them this clearly worded exercise to help them grasp the concept. Kindergartners focus on the term more as they examine...
DK Publishing
Real-Life Problems: Distance, Length, and More
Math just got real! Scholars solve seven word problems dealing with life applications for multiplication, division, and subtraction. They show their work in a designated space, and must include units in their answers. Learners will...
Curated OER
Section 2.1 & 2.2 Solving Equations
This two page worksheet contains 32 problems to solve. There are examples given for each set of problems. The first set is to work on adding or subtracting a term to get the variable by itself. The second set is about dividing both sides...
Curated OER
Adding it Up!
These socks and towels each have three addends and are missing a sum; can your scholars figure it out? All addends are single-digit, however not all sums are. There are two examples done here, and once scholars have finished eight...
Curated OER
Addition Drills, part 3
Here's an addition drill for scholars who are already comfortable with regrouping. There are 30 horizontally-aligned problems here, each with two 2-digit addends. Mathematicians use three examples as reference as they solve each of...
Curated OER
Identify Patterns
To complete these number patterns mathematicians must determine by what number each is constantly increasing. However, this isn't your typical skip counting; scholars count by numbers like 18, 60, and even 101 to fill in the missing...
Curated OER
Real-life Problems, Money, and Weight
Solve five word problems involving money and weight. After studying the example at the top, which demonstrates how to write out the equation in a word problem, fourth graders work on adding large numbers in money and measurement. Here is...
Curated OER
Morning Math
Get your morning mathematicians thinking with this set of warm-ups. You can do them all in one day, or separate them and have kids do one each day. They will review past concepts and sharpen newer ones with this assortment of problems...
Curated OER
Adding Money
Show young economists that adding money is just like adding the numbers they are used to. They complete two addition tables, adding monetary values under 50 cents. There are a couple done for them to give guidance, but learners must...
Curated OER
Frogs Hopping by 2s
Hop to it! Beginning counters fill in water lily number sequences as a frog "hops" across them, skip counting by twos. There are five sequences in total, and some require counting backward. Learners can reference the two examples, which...
Curated OER
Finding 10s
For beginners to addition, sets of objects are the ideal way to make this concept understandable. For each of these sets they ring 10 and count the remaining. Then, scholars fill in the addends as 10 and the remaining number. The sums...
Curated OER
Odd or Even?
There are multiple objectives at play here as scholars solve addition and subtraction problems and determine whether the sums and differences are odd or even. As they solve these, encourage pupils to observe patterns. What happens when...
Curated OER
Reading Tally Chart
As learners explore data analysis have them practice reading tally charts using these examples. They answer basic questions about each of three charts, employing addition and subtraction skills. For example, a chart tallying t-shirts...
Curated OER
1 Less or 1 More
Complete these images with values one less and one more; young mathematicians fill in bunches of flowers, starting at a middle number and working their way to the right by addition and to the left by subtraction. For each flower they...
Curated OER
Adding Animals
Writing equations from images helps young mathematicians grasp addition, especially when they get to look at cute animals as they do it. There are six number sentences here, each illustrated with a set of animals corresponding to...
Curated OER
Adding Dice
Roll the dice! These addition number sentences are for beginning mathematicians, and each addend is displayed on a die. Learners add up two or three single-digit addends to find eight sums in the first half of this activity. Next, they...
DK Publishing
Real-Life Word Problems
Prepare your second graders for word problems with a straightforward review worksheet. Use it after a unit on addition and subtraction up to 100, or after you have worked on money math. A sample word problem prompts young learners to...