How it works
Plus puts more in. Take away takes some out.
2 plus 1 makes 3. 4 take away 1 leaves 3.
Use your fingers to check.
Worked examples
Plus
- 2 cubes and 1 more cube.
- Put them together and count: 1, 2, 3.
- 2 + 1 = 3.
Take away
- 4 grapes and you eat 1.
- Count what is left: 1, 2, 3.
- 4 − 1 = 3.
Five
- 3 fingers and 2 more fingers.
- Count them all.
- 3 + 2 = 5.
A taste of the worksheet
These are the first problems of set A. The printable sheet has many more, with an answer key.
- 3 apples and 1 more. How many now?
- 2 + 1 = ___
- Is 3 + 1 = 4?
- Which picture shows 2 + 2?
- 0 + 1 = ___
Words to know
- plus
- Put together, to make more.
- take away
- Remove some.
Watch out for
- Plus means more. Take away means fewer.
- Count all of them after.
- Check with your fingers.