First Grade Math Worksheet: 5
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Addition and Subtraction Within 20

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1st Grade Math Word Problems - Worksheet 5
Addition and Subtraction Within 20

Clara the cavewoman is a great wrestler. When she is not cracking her head over her First Grade Math Worksheet, she is wrestling. However, she has a competitor by the name of Shamu. Clara clubbed the heads of some cavemen on Friday. However, Shamu clubbed the heads of 6 more cavemen than Clara. If Shamu clubbed 17 heads, how many heads did Clara club?

Teaching at Home: Singapore Math Questions: 2

Morrison the mouse ate 18 crickets. Guna the rat ate 9 crickets. How many more crickets than Guna did Morrison eat?

Teaching at Home: 1st Grade Math Word Problems: 3

The dogs and the cats played soccer. The dogs scored 5 goals and the cats scored 8 goals. How many goals did they score altogether?

Teaching at Home: Singapore Math Questions: 4

Billy the buffalo was a big bully. He failed his First Grade Math Worksheet. So he gored 5 hardworking elephants, 6 lazy lions and 7 polite hyenas in his class? How many innocent animals did he gore altogether?

Teaching at Home: 1st Grade Math Word Problems: 5

Gavin and Marvin are great drummers. Gavin played in 13 rock concerts and Marvin played in 6 rock concerts. How many more rock concerts did Gavin play in compared to his friend?

Teaching at Home: Singapore Math Questions: 6

Melly the industrious monkey completed 14 Singapore First Grade Math Worksheets. But Lara the lazy donkey, despite being spanked by her mother, completed 9 fewer math worksheets than Melly. How many worksheets did Lara complete?

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Andy the Egyptian was pleased with himself because he caught 5 crocodiles for breakfast. He was delighted later in the day when he netted 7 more hippos than crocs for supper. How many animals did he catch altogether?

Teaching at Home: Singapore Math Questions: 8

Suma the Sumerian baked some centipede pies. Her husband ate 2 pies and her daughter ate 4 pies for lunch. If Suma had 8 pies left, how many pies did she bake?

Teaching at Home: 1st Grade Math Word Problems: 9

Moira caught 19 wriggly octopuses. She gave 6 to Mandy to barbecue and some to Brian to stir fry. If Moira had 4 octopuses left, how many did she give to Brian?

Teaching at Home: Singapore Math Questions: 10

It was a good day for hunting. Benny and Bob shot 18 wild boars. Benny, who is cross-eyed, shot only 3 wild boars. How many more wild boars than Benny did Bob shoot?

Teaching at Home: 1st Grade Math Word Problems: 11

Giant Gina caught 14 whale sharks. Midget Mina, being smaller than Giant Gina, caught 12 fewer whale sharks than Giant Gina. How many whale sharks did they catch altogether?

Teaching at Home: Singapore Math Questions: 12

Mama Bird bought 13 worms from Gary Grocer. She wrapped 8 worms in a First Grade Math Worksheet and gave it as a present to Baby Bird. Then Papa Bird gave Mama Bird another 2 worms. How many worms does Mama Bird have?

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Goomba Gorilla loved to collect bird droppings because his wife made delicious pies with them. He collected some and put them in 3 boxes. He put 4 bird droppings in box A. In Box B, he put 3 more than in Box A. And finally, he put 8 in Box C. How many bird droppings did hungry Goomba collect?

Teaching at Home: Singapore Math Questions: 14

There are 7 more polar bears than seals jumping on my springy bed. If there are 4 seals, how many ridiculous animals are jumping on my bed?

Teaching at Home: 1st Grade Math Word Problems: 15

King Koom beheaded his queen in fury because he was stumped in a First Grade Math Worksheet problem. Can you solve his question for him? Here it is. Three crows fought each other and received terrible wounds as a result. None of them went to see a doctor and so their wounds eventually became playgrounds for maggots. Kree Crow had 3 maggots. Wee Crow had 6 maggots. If Tilly Crow had 5 fewer maggots than the number of maggots Kree Crow and Wee Crow had together, how many maggots did Tilly Crow have?

Teaching at Home: Singapore Math Questions: 16

Mano Mongoose has fun playing with cobras. Last night, he stuffed Cobra 1 with 2 overripe watermelons, Cobra 2 with 5 overripe watermelons and Cobra 3 with 8 overripe watermelons. If he stuffed a few other cobras following this pattern, how many watermelons did he stuff Cobra 6 with? They were overripe too.

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Shandy and Brandy did very well in their First Grade Math Worksheet. So their parents took them to the beach. Between them they caught 15 turtles altogether. If Shandy caught 11 turtles, how many fewer turtles did Brandy catch?

Teaching at Home: Singapore Math Questions: 18

Donny the dinosaur caught 18 humans for dinner. His wife ate 7 of them and his son ate 2 fewer humans than his wife. If Donny caught another 3 humans after that, how many humans did he have in the end?

Teaching at Home: 1st Grade Math Word Problems: 19

Ronald Rat, Riley Rat and Rummy Rat were super runners and participated in many rat races. Ronald Rat won 6 races and Riley Rat won 12 races more than Ronald Rat. Rummy Rat, because of a terrible bellyache, won only 3 races. How many races fewer than Riley Rat did Rummy Rat win?

Teaching at Home: Singapore Math Questions: 20

In a certain village in Gubaktoo, everyone who failed his First Grade Math Worksheet was thrown into a volcano. So all tribal members were extremely hardworking in Gubaktoo. However, sadly there would be some failures. On Monday, 17 people were thrown into the volcano. 4 were men and 3 were women. If the number of girls was 5 fewer than the total number of men and women, how many boys were thrown into the volcano?

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First Grade Math Worksheet 5 - Answers

Q1 - 11, Q2 - 9, Q3 - 13, Q4 - 18, Q5 - 7

Q6 - 5, Q7 - 17, Q8 - 14, Q9 - 9, Q10 - 12

Q11 - 16, Q12 - 7, Q13 - 19, Q14 - 15, Q15 - 4

Q16 - 17, Q17 - 7, Q18 - 9, Q19 - 15, Q20 - 8

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