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Addition and Subtraction: Practice Questions with Answers

Curriculum: Addition and SubtractionGrades: 1–3Questions: 12Mode: Practice

Warm up on the basics of adding and taking away, one step at a time (easiest level).

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1. What does the plus sign (+) tell you to do?

  1. count backward from the biggest number you see
  2. put groups together and count how many in all
  3. make a shape by drawing lines between the dots
  4. take some away and count how many are left
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Answer: B. put groups together and count how many in all
The plus sign means ADD - join the groups together and find how many there are altogether.

2. What does the minus sign (-) tell you to do?

  1. double the number so you have twice as many
  2. measure the length of something with a ruler
  3. take some away and see how many are left
  4. add more to the group and count them all up
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Answer: C. take some away and see how many are left
The minus sign means SUBTRACT - take some away and find how many are left.

3. What is 4 + 3?

  1. 6
  2. 8
  3. 7
  4. 1
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Answer: C. 7
Start at 4 and count up 3 more: 5, 6, 7. So 4 + 3 = 7.

4. What is 9 - 5?

  1. 5
  2. 14
  3. 4
  4. 3
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Answer: C. 4
Start at 9 and count back 5: 8, 7, 6, 5, 4. So 9 - 5 = 4.

5. Adding 0 to a number gives you...

  1. one more
  2. double the number
  3. the same number
  4. zero
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Answer: C. the same number
Adding zero adds nothing, so the number stays the same: 7 + 0 = 7.

6. Which of these means the SAME as 6 + 2?

  1. 6 x 2
  2. 2 - 6
  3. 6 - 2
  4. 2 + 6
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Answer: D. 2 + 6
In addition the order does not matter, so 6 + 2 and 2 + 6 both equal 8.

7. What is 10 - 0?

  1. 1
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 0
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Answer: C. 10
Taking away nothing leaves the number unchanged, so 10 - 0 = 10.

8. What is 5 + 5?

  1. 0
  2. 25
  3. 10
  4. 11
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Answer: C. 10
5 and 5 more makes 10 - a 'double' you can memorize.

9. Tom has 8 stickers and gives 3 to a friend. How many stickers does Tom have now?

  1. 5
  2. 8
  3. 11
  4. 3
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Answer: A. 5
Giving stickers away is subtraction: 8 - 3 = 5 stickers left.

10. What is 7 + 6?

  1. 14
  2. 12
  3. 1
  4. 13
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Answer: D. 13
7 + 6 is one more than the double 6 + 6 = 12, so it is 13.

11. What is 12 - 4?

  1. 7
  2. 9
  3. 8
  4. 16
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Answer: C. 8
Count back from 12 four times: 11, 10, 9, 8. So 12 - 4 = 8.

12. Which number sentence matches this story: 'There are 3 birds. 4 more birds land. How many birds now?'

  1. 4 - 3
  2. 3 - 4
  3. 3 x 4
  4. 3 + 4
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Answer: D. 3 + 4
More birds arriving means ADD: 3 + 4 = 7 birds.
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