1st Grade Adding and Subtracting Tens Within 100 Worksheet (PDF)
This adding tens worksheet for 1st Grade covers adding and subtracting tens within 100 (Common Core 1.NBT.C.4, 1.NBT.C.5, 1.NBT.C.6), with a free PDF to print.
Grade 1 · Common Core State Standards: 1.NBT.C.4, 1.NBT.C.5, 1.NBT.C.6
Adding tens worksheet: exercises 1 to 10
Exercise 1 – Count the blocks
Exercise 2 – 10 more
- 10 more than 20
- 10 more than 36
- 10 more than 58
- 10 more than 81
Exercise 3 – 10 less
- 10 less than 40
- 10 less than 52
- 10 less than 67
- 10 less than 90
Exercise 4 – Hundred chart
Exercise 5 – Add the ones
- \(30 + 4\)
- \(50 + 7\)
- \(23 + 4\)
- \(56 + 3\)
Exercise 6 – Blocks and more ones
Exercise 7 – Add tens
- \(20 + 30\)
- \(40 + 40\)
- \(30 + 60\)
- \(50 + 20\)
Exercise 8 – Tens to a two-digit number
- \(34 + 20\)
- \(41 + 30\)
- \(26 + 50\)
Exercise 9 – Subtract tens
- \(70 – 20\)
- \(90 – 40\)
- \(60 – 60\)
- \(50 – 10\)
Exercise 10 – Cross out the rods
Exercises 11 and up
Exercise 11 – Make the next ten
Exercise 12 – Make a ten
- \(47 + 6\)
- \(35 + 8\)
- \(59 + 4\)
Exercise 13 – Missing number
- \(40 + ? = 70\)
- \(? + 20 = 90\)
- \(80 – ? = 30\)
- \(60 – ? = 20\)
Exercise 14 – Add in any order
- \(3 + 64\)
- \(70 + 15\)
- \(20 + 58\)
Exercise 15 – Cookie tray
Exercise 16 – Marbles
Exercise 17 – Cans for the food drive
Exercise 18 – Sticker book
Exercise 19 – Bags of oranges
Exercise 20 – Mystery number
Key facts behind this adding tens worksheet
- A two-digit number has tens and ones, like 34 = 3 tens and 4 ones.
- To add ones, keep the tens and add the ones.
- If the ones pass 9, make the next ten first.
- 10 more or 10 less changes only the tens digit.
- To subtract tens, think of tens: 8 tens – 3 tens = 5 tens.
How to use this adding tens worksheet
Work through the exercises in order: they go from simple to challenging. Write every step on paper, then compare with the solutions page and redo any exercise you missed the next day.
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