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Block Tower Tricks: Switch and Group to Add
Grade 1 practice using the order and grouping of addends to add, with block tower turn-around facts and make-ten groups.
Grade 1MathInteractive · Printable
Aligned to1.OA.B.3
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What’s included
- Single worksheet
- Auto-graded online
- 1 Common Core standard
- Printable answer key
- 12 questions
- Classroom-ready
Details
- Format
- Interactive · Printable
- Grade
- Grade 1
- Subject
- Math
- Question types
- Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer
About this worksheet
What students practice
- Students use turn-around facts to show that changing the order of addends keeps the sum the same.
- Students group two addends that make ten before adding the third number.
- Students decide whether two addition facts have the same sum.
How to use
Let students build the first few towers with linking cubes, then flip or regroup the cubes to see that the total does not change. Have them finish the rest on their own.
Curriculum
Common Core standard covered
Use properties of addition, such as order and grouping, to add.
Preview
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Block Tower Tricks: Switch and Group to Add
Change the order or the grouping, and the sum stays the same.

Switch the Order
Fill in the missing number. Switching the order does not change the sum.
6 + 9 = 9 +
5 + 8 = + 5
7 + 4 = 11, so 4 + 7 =
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