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 Introduction
Parents and teachers alike will find Addition & Subtraction to be a valuable learning tool. Children will
enjoy completing a wide variety of math activities that are both engaging and educational. Take a look
at the Table of Contents and you will feel rewarded providing such a valuable resource for your children.
Remember to praise children for their efforts and successes!
Table of Contents
Clowning Around (Adding to 10).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Lovely Ladybugs (Adding to 10).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Beautiful Bouquet (Adding to 10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Juggling Act (Subtracting from 10).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Trucking Along (Subtracting from 10).. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Night Lights (Subtracting from 10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Hop to It (Adding/subtracting through 10).. . . . . . . 10
Mitten Matchup (Adding/subtracting
through 10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Blast Off (Adding/subtracting through 10). . . . . . . . . 12
Out on the Town (Adding/subtracting
through 10—bar graph). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Shapes on a Snake (Adding/subtracting
through 10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Planes . . . Trains . . . (Adding/subtracting
through 10—problem solving).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Slice It Up (Adding to 18). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Leap on Over (Adding to 18).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Flying High (Adding to 18). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Double Dips (Adding to 18—doubles).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Not Far From Home (Adding to 18—doubles).. . . . 20
Break the Code (Subtracting from 18).. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
The Big Search (Subtracting from 18).. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Race Through the Facts (Adding/subtracting
through 18).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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Little Snacks (Adding/subtracting through 18).. . . 24
Flying Families (Adding/subtracting
through 18—fact families).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Colorful Flowers (Adding/subtracting through 18—
bar graph).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
A Nutty Bunch (Adding/subtracting
through 18).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Penguin Parade (Adding/subtracting
through 18).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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A Perfect Strike (Adding/subtracting through 18—
three addends).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
What a Treat! (Adding/subtracting through 18—
problem solving) 30
Have a Heart (Grouping tens and ones) 31
Beautiful Butterflies (Adding 2-digit
and 1-digit numbers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Where’s the Beach? (Adding 2-digit
and 1-digit numbers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
By the Seashore (Adding 2-digit and
1-digit numbers).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Sail Away (Adding 2-digit and
1-digit numbers).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Dino-Math (Subtracting 1-digit from
2-digit numbers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Number Buddies (Subtracting 1-digit
from 2-digit numbers).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Treasure Island (Subtracting 1-digit
from 2-digit numbers).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Riding on Air (Adding 2-digit numbers).. . . . . . . . . . . 39
Have a Ball (Subtracting
2-digit numbers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Opposites Attract (Adding/subtracting
2-digit numbers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
How Much Money? (Adding/
subtracting 2-digit numbers).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Snuggle Up With a Book (Adding/
subtracting 2-digit numbers).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Let the Sun Shine (Adding/subtracting
2-digit numbers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Animal Surprises (Adding/subtracting
2-digit numbers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Fishbowl Families (Adding/subtracting
2-digit numbers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Answer Key.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47–48
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Name Adding to 10

Clowning Around
Add. Color the picture Color Code
using the color code. 1 pink
2 white
5+2=
3 black
4 5
6+3= 2 4 4 brown
+ 5 + 0 7
+ 3 + 4
+ 2 5 purple
6 green
2+5=
7 blue
3+2=
4 5 8 orange
+ 3 3 1 0
4 + 1 9 yellow
+ 3 + 0 + 1
+ 2
10 red

6 4+1=
+ 2
2 3 3
+ 1 + 0 + 5
7+0=
5+5=
6+1=
1
+ 1
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7+3=

3+1=

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Lovely Ladybugs
Write a number sentence to show how many spots each
ladybug has.

__
__
_ =
3 ___
__ ____ + ____ = ____
2 = __ +
_ _ __
1___ + __
_ __

__ __
__ __
_ = = __ __
__ __ __ =
+
_ __ + __
__ _ _+ ___
_
__ __

__ _
=_
_ __
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___ __ __
_+ +_
___ ___
_
__=
_= __
___
_
__+
__

Color the ladybug with the greatest number of spots red.

Color the ladybug with the least number of spots blue.
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Name Adding to 10

Beautiful Bouquet
Look at the number on each bow. Draw more flowers to match the
number written on the bow.

4
7
10

6 9
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8 3
5

Color the bows with an even number yellow.

Color the bows with an odd number purple.
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 Name Subtracting from 10

Juggling Act
Cross out. Write how many are left. 4 – 2 = ____

2
3 – 1 = ____

7 – 4 = ____
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9 – 6 = ____ 5 – 3 = ____ 6 – 5 = ____

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Name Subtracting from 10

Trucking Along
Subtract. Color the picture using the color code.

Color Code
0 white
1 brown 9 7–6=
– 2
2 black
3 green 9–1=
4 purple 10
=

– 6
=
4

5 orange 9
3

=
–

–
8

2
7

6 yellow – 5
6

1
5 4–4= – 1
7 blue – 2
10 4=
8 red 10 –
10 – – 7
 2=
8 10
6–3 – 2 – 9
=
9–7=
9–4 9
= – 3
10 – 9
8= – 6
7–5=
4
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–2= – 3 9
8
– 1

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Night Lights
Subtract. Connect
the dots from 10 – 3 =
greatest to least.

9–1= 8–2=

10 – 1 = 9–4=

10 – 0 = 7–3=
5–3=

6–5= 8–5=

Subtract.
Connect the 9–8=
dots from least 10 – 0 =
to greatest. 7–5=
10 – 1 =

10 – 7 =
10 – 2 =
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The top picture

gives off its own
light. Color this
picture orange.
The bottom
7–0= 6–2=
picture reflects
light from the sun.
Color this picture 9–3= 9–4=
yellow.
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Name Adding/subtracting
through 10

Hop to It
Add or subtract. Trace the number line with your finger to
check your work.

8 10
6
0 2 4

5 7
3
1

Examples: 4 + 5 = _____ 4 – 2 = _____

Start on 4. Start on 4.
Move 5 right. Move 2 left.

7 – 3 = _____ 9 – 6 = _____ 2 + 0 = _____

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10 – 4 = _____ 6 + 2 = _____ 7 – 2 = _____

Circle the answer to each question.

What direction did move to add? left or right

What direction did move to subtract? left or right

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through 10

Mitten Matchup
Add or subtract. Draw a line to match mittens with the same answer.

6 6
4 – 5
+

10
4 – 0
+ 4
3
+ 1

7
2 10 – 3
+ 7 – 4
1
+ 0

8
– 3
2
+ 3 9
– 2
3
+ 4 9
– 6
3
+ 0
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10
3 – 1
+ 3 10
– 2

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Blast Off
Add or subtract. Then use the code to answer the riddle below.

9 6
– 5 + 4
3 8
+ 4 4 – 8
H F
S D

6 2
– 4 + 7
7 2
– 6 + 3
L T

O U

8
4 10
– 2
+ 4 – 7

W R
I

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How is an astronaut’s job unlike any other job?

_____  _____ _____ ’ _____  _____ _____ _____  _____

8 9 7 1 5 9 1 10

H
_____  _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____  _____  _____ !
9 4 8 7 6 1 3 2 0
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Out on the Town

Color a box on the graph for each item in the picture.

6
5
4
3
2
1

+ 6 2 8
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A. How many and altogether? ____  ____ = ____

–

B. How many and in all? +

____  ____ = ____
–

C. How many more than ? +

____  ____ = ____
–
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Name Adding/subtracting
through 10

Shapes on a Snake
Add or subtract.

7
9
8

3 4

2
10
6

A. B.
6 + 4 10
= ______ – = ______

C. D.
– = ______ + = ______

E. F.
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+ = ______ + = ______

G. H.
+ = ______ + = ______

I. J.
– = ______ – = ______

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 Name Adding/subtracting through
10—problem solving

Planes . . . Trains . . .
There a
Add or subtract. cars in t re 7
h
A. lot. Then e parking
park the 3 more
re, too. cars
B. cars are How ma
there in n
The all in the y
truc re are 7 7
_____ + lot?
the k. Then boxes –
3
_____ =
_____ ca10
stree 4 bo on t rs
are t . H o x e s he
left w man f a l l on
____ on t y
_ + he t b o
– _____ = ruck xes
____ ?
_ bo
xes

1 0 p la n e s w a iting on the
There are w
C. a y . Th e n 6 p la nes take off. Ho
runw o n the runway?
n e s a re le ft
many pla
D. _____ planes
_____ + _____ =
–
There
ar
on the e 8 girls and
bus. H 2 boys
girls th ow ma
an bo ny mo
ys are
_____ + on the re
bus?
_____ =
– _____
more g
irls
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E.
There are 5 people in the first
car and 4 people in the second
car. How many people in all?
_____ + _____ = _____ people
–

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Name Adding to 18

Slice It Up
Add. Color the picture using the color code.

14 + 4 =

13 +
2=
8+9=

16
18 + 0 =

+
2
=
3=

=
6 + 10 = 9+7=
11 +

+5
=

10 + 8 =

12
+8
10

12 + 4 = 7+7=
11 + 6 = =
4
+ 9+5=
= 7
= 11
11 +
+ 8
7 13 + 4 =
6+
13 + 3 = 9=
12 + 2 =
1= 12
14 + 12 + 3 = +6
=
12

9+
9=
+6

14 + 3 = 10 + 4 =
=

14 + 2 = =
13 + 5 =
7
+

8+8=
11

7 + 10 =
8+6= Copyright © Scholastic Inc.

=
17 + 1

Color brown green red yellow tan

Code
14 15 16 17 18

How many different ways can you make a sum of 10? Show your work on another
sheet of paper.
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 Name Adding to 18

Leap on Over
Add. To show the frog’s path across the pond, color each lily pad
green if the sum is greater than 10.

10 + 1 =

6+4=
6+9=
5+2=
7+0=
9+2=
5+5=
10 + 4 =

3+7= 7+6=
4+3=
5+4=

3+8=
2+2=
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8+8=

How many leaps did the frog take across the pond? ______

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Name Adding to 18

Flying High
Add down and across to find the missing number.
A. B. C.
6 7
2 1
2 6 4 4 1
3 1 4 7 3
5 5 10

F.
D.

D. E. 4 7
3 3
5 6 2 6
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18—doubles

Double Dips
Write the doubles that equal the number on the cone.

8
16

16 8 12

2 6
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10
18

4 14

Circle the answer.

When adding doubles, the sum will always be: even odd
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18—doubles

Not Far From Home

STORE

DENTIST

LIBRARY
SCHOOL

Start at .Write the number of steps. Add.

steps to + steps home = _____ steps steps to + steps home = _____ steps
STORE
SCHOOL

7
_____ + 7
_____ = 14
_____ _____ + _____ = _____

_____ + _____ = _____ _____ + _____ = _____

LIBRARY
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_____ + _____ = _____ _____ + _____ = _____

DENTIST

_____ + _____ = _____ _____ + _____ = ______

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 Name Subtracting from 18

Break the Code

Subtract.

A. 6 B. 13 C. 17 D. 18 E. 15
– 2 – 7 – 7 – 9 – 8

4
F. 11 G. 9 H. 14 I. 11 J. 7
– 9 – 4 – 6 – 8 – 6

Use the answers above to solve each problem.

K. L. M. N.

– – – –

O. P. Q.

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– – –

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Name Subtracting from 18

The Big Search

Subtract. Circle the difference.

11 – 7 = five three four 14 – 9 = nine one five

13 – 6 = six nine seven 16 – 5 = twelve thirteen eleven

18 – 9 = eleven ten nine 17 – 11 = seven six ten

15 – 5 = ten seven five 12 – 9 = three two four

12 – 4 = six eight nine 11 – 9 = three five two

Find each circled number in the word puzzle. Look  and .

f o u r h i o n e g s k m
i f o n t g y f a f u e z
f t l u e j s i x s b x t
t t w e l v e v k s t l h
e p n i n e w e j e r t i
e d n g q i h r y v a q r
n v h h o t h r e e c s t
d m k t c w b t e n t r e
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x d i p g o a c p f i s e
c e l e v e n a b z o v n
b w u d i f f e r e n c e

See if you can find these number words: twelve, fifteen, thirteen, subtraction,
difference.
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through 18

Race Through the Facts

Add or subtract. The race car that ends with the highest number wins
the race!
– 4 = ___ – 3
7 + 2 = ___ = __
_ +
9
=
__
_
3 = _ _ _ – 6 = ___ + 2 = _
12 – __

+5
+
9

=_
=
__

__ – 8 = __
_
–6=
___
+7

_+
=_
__ – 6

4
=_

=
__ + 3

__
= __
_ –

_
+6 2=
= __ ___
_ –9
= ___ +
+7

1=_
__
=_

+
4
__

=
__
+ 1 = ___

_
–8
=_
__
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+2=_
__ + 3 = ___
–

– 3 = ___
11
=
__
_

–5
= __
_
+ 13 = ___
– 7 = ___ + 3 = ___

Color the winning race car blue.

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Name Adding/subtracting
through 18

Little Snacks
Add or subtract. Then follow the maze through the even answers.

13 – 6 =

16 – 9 =

4+5=
2+2=

14 – 8 =
10 – 7 = 3+7=
9+4=
13 – 5 =

15 – 6 = 16 – 6 =

11 + 3 =
17 – 8 =
7+5= 18 – 6 = Copyright © Scholastic Inc.

8+3=
5+2=

9+9=

The elephant found 9 peanuts. He ate 6 peanuts.

How many peanuts are left? ______
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