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Apple Orchard Story Problems: Add and Subtract Within 20

Grade 1 addition and subtraction story problems within 20 at an apple orchard, with the unknown at the start, change, or result.

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 13 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students solve add-to and take-from story problems within 20 with the unknown in any position.
  • Students solve put-together and compare story problems within 20, including more and fewer.
  • Students match story problems to equations that use a symbol for the unknown number.

How to use

Read each story aloud and let children act it out with counters, drawings, or a number line. Ask them to say which number is missing before they solve.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

1.OA.A.1

Solve addition and subtraction story problems within 20 with the unknown in any position.

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Apple Orchard Story Problems: Add and Subtract Within 20

Solve story problems from a day of apple picking.

Picking apples

Read each story. Write the missing number.

1.
Ana picks 8 red apples. Then she picks 6 green apples. How many apples does Ana have now?

8 + 6 =   apples

2.
Ben has 5 apples in his basket. He picks some more. Now he has 12 apples. How many more apples did Ben pick?

5 +   = 12

3.
Some apples were in a crate. Grandpa puts 4 more apples in. Now there are 13 apples in the crate. How many apples were in the crate at the start?

  + 4 = 13

4.
Lily has 15 apples. She gives 7 apples to her neighbor. How many apples does Lily have left?
  • A. 22 apples
  • B. 8 apples
  • C. 9 apples
5.
There were 14 apples on a tree. The wind knocked some down. Now 9 apples are still on the tree. How many apples fell?

14 −   = 9

6.
Theo had some apples. He ate 3 of them on the hayride. Now he has 8 apples. How many apples did Theo have at first?

  − 3 = 8

At the farm stand

Read each story. Draw a picture if it helps. Then solve.

7.
The farm stand has 9 apple pies and some apple muffins. There are 16 treats in all. How many apple muffins are there?

  apple muffins

8.
Maya has 12 apples. Jon has 7 apples. How many more apples does Maya have than Jon?
  • A. 19
  • B. 6
  • C. 5
9.
Rosa picks 6 pears. Kai picks 5 more pears than Rosa. How many pears does Kai pick?

  pears

10.
Sofia has 13 apples. Ethan has 4 fewer apples than Sofia. How many apples does Ethan have?

  apples

11.
Liam picks 9 apples. Liam picks 4 fewer apples than Zara. How many apples does Zara pick?
  • A. 13
  • B. 5
  • C. 12

Match and write

Match each story to its number sentence. Then write your own story.

12.
Match each story to the number sentence that fits it. The ? is the missing number.
  1. Mia had 10 apples. She picked 3 more.
  2. Jack had 12 apples. He gave away 5.
  3. Nina had some apples. She picked 5 more. Now she has 10.
  4. Omar had 14 apples. He gave some away. Now he has 6.
  1. A. ? + 5 = 10
  2. B. 14 − ? = 6
  3. C. 10 + 3 = ?
  4. D. 12 − 5 = ?
13.
Write an apple story problem for 9 + ? = 15. Then solve it.

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