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1st Grade Relate Addition and Subtraction worksheets

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Relate Addition and Subtraction

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5 + ____ = 14. Which subtraction fact finds the missing number?
Use a related fact to solve + 5 = 18.
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Which addition fact checks 20 - 5 = 15?
- 5 + 15 = 20
- 20 + 15 = 35
- 6 + 15 = 21
- 20 + 5 = 25
14 - = 11. What missing number belongs in the blank?
A whole is 17. One part is 14. What is the other part?
____ + 9 = 18. Which subtraction fact finds the missing number?
8 + 8 = 16. So 16 - 8 =
14 - 2 = 12. Check with addition: 2 + ____ = 14
Use addition to solve - 4 = 12.
There are 16 birds in all. 12 are in a tree. The rest are on the grass. How many are on the grass?

1st Grade Relate Addition and Subtraction worksheet 1 – printable PDF — Download PDF: 1 2 3 4 5 6

About this worksheet

Addition and subtraction are inverse operations, but young learners often treat them as separate lists of facts. First grade standards ask children to use that relationship to find unknown addends and understand subtraction as a missing-part problem. This worksheet repeatedly shows a whole and two parts, then asks which addition or subtraction fact can solve the unknown. The numbers stay small enough for accurate reasoning, while the arrangement changes so children do not rely on one template.

Some items begin with a subtraction fact and ask for the addition fact that proves it; others begin with an addition equation and ask which subtraction removes one part. Support pages use totals to ten. Standard and challenge pages extend into teen totals. Ask children to say the whole first and then name the two parts.

What your child will learn

Use subtraction to find an unknown addend
Match related addition and subtraction facts
Identify the whole and parts
Check a subtraction answer with addition

Common Core standard: 1.OA.B.4

Worked example

If 7 + 5 = 12, then 12 - 7 = 5. The whole is 12 and the parts are 7 and 5.

Common mistake

Adding the whole and one part together instead of finding the missing part.

Helpful hint

Find the whole first, then ask which part is missing.

Next skill: True and False Equations Earlier: Fact Families and Make Ten

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with relate addition and subtraction?

Adding the whole and one part together instead of finding the missing part.

How can I help my child with relate addition and subtraction?

Find the whole first, then ask which part is missing.

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