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Apartment Elevator: Up to Add, Down to Subtract

Grade 1 practice connecting counting on to addition and counting back to subtraction, with elevator rides, number lines, and floor puzzles.

Grade 1MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to1.OA.C.5

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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 count on from a number to add within 20.
  • Students count back from a number to subtract within 20.
  • Students choose whether to count on or count back to solve an addition or subtraction.

How to use

Act out a few rides first: have students step up or down as they count floors out loud. Then let them solve the sheet, using each number line like an elevator.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

1.OA.C.5

Connect counting on and counting back to adding and subtracting.

Preview

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Apartment Elevator: Up to Add, Down to Subtract

Count on as the elevator goes up. Count back as it goes down.

Going Up: Count On to Add

Start at the floor you are on. Count on one floor at a time.

1.
The elevator is on floor 5. It goes up 3 floors. Count on 3 from 5.

Count:  ,  ,  
So 5 + 3 =  

2.
Nora gets on at floor 11 and rides up 4 floors. She does not say 11. Circle the 4 numbers she says as she counts on to find 11 + 4.

10111213141516

3.
Theo gets on at floor 9. The elevator goes up 5 floors. Use the number line to count on.

567891011121314151617181920
9 + 5 =  
Theo gets off on floor  .

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