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First Grade Math Worksheet 6
Fun Singapore Math Questions
With Cool Math Clip Art

Addition and Subtraction Within 20

Nothing but the Best First Grade Math Worksheets in the world will do for you? You have come to the right place. We did some research to locate the Best Math Curriculum. We were astounded when we came to know that one of the tiniest countries in the world has the largest mathematical muscles. Singapore has one of the top 3 math curricula in the world.

Math clip art - homeschool genius. Einstein. Math professor teaching with blackboard.

We plunged into the Singapore Math curriculum and scrutinized it. We are pleased to announce that the much talked about Singapore Math lives up to its global reputation.

Singaporeans go deeper into math than any other nation in the world. They perform mathematical gymnastics that would make any Olympian proud.

Using the Singapore Curriculum as our guide we created our own math word problems - all for your benefit. Whether you are homeschooling your kids or they are attending a public school, these math story problems will catapult your children's neurons into mathematical nirvana.

If you are looking for an excellent homeschool math curriculum or want your child to be the next Einstein, you might want to purchase the Singapore math curriculum. It is so amazingly good that the state of California Allows State Funds to be used for teachers to order the Singapore Math texts! Yes, Uncle Sam knows everything - even about Singapore Math. But luckily it is not a state secret.

All these are Free Math Worksheets! So go ahead - download and print as many worksheets as you like. We won't demand your credit card number to print out these math worksheets.

Here's A List Of All Your Free 1st Grade Math Worksheets.

If you need math worksheets for the other grades, please scroll right up to the top of this page. The links to the other grades are on the Navigation Bar on your left.

Since we are on the topic of printable math worksheets, there is something we want to tell you. We have not written the questions in a worksheet format because we want to include as many word problems as possible in each web page. Math clip art - Computer cavewoman. Stone age woman.

You can easily create your own math worksheets by copying and pasting the math problems onto Microsoft Word or any other similar software and editing them to your heart's content, perhaps making the font size bigger and adding your kid's name to it. In fact, you can create 4 worksheets for each web page that you print out.

Each First Grade Math Worksheet has 20 cool math word problems. We injected some humor into our math word problems so that your child will enjoy doing her questions. We have also included lots of Awesome Math Clip Art with the word problems. These clip art will look gorgeous when printed out.

The best way to learn math is to have plenty of math practice.

Beware! Some of these math problems are Reeaally Knotty! But don't worry - according to psychologists, doing lots of confounding math questions increases one's life span. Now you know why so many absent-minded professors live to a ripe old age to annoy everyone.

Math is fun, isn't it? Let's sink our teeth into these Singapore Math Problems.

1st Grade Math Word Problems - Worksheet 6
Addition and Subtraction Within 20



Homeschooling Education: Singapore Math Questions: 1 Math clip art - Alice in Wonderland falling into tunnel

It was Alice's birthday. As she had finished her First Grade Math Worksheet, her mother allowed her to celebrate. 15 apes came to her birthday party. When 7 apes realized that there were not going to be any bananas served, they left in a huff. However, 5 camels and 2 fewer rabbits than camels arrived a bit later and everyone had a good time. How many animals had a good time at the party.







Homeschooling Education: 1st Grade Fun Math Problems: 2

There are 4 more cockroaches than beetles in my pocket. If there are 3 beetles in my pocket, how many cockroaches and beetles are there altogether?






Homeschooling Education: Singapore Math Questions: 3

Math clip art - ant construction. Spade and pickaxe.

A large monster destroyed the homes of the ants. So Aman Ant and Broman Ant set aside their First Grade Math Worksheet and set to work building new houses for everyone. Aman Ant built 4 more houses than Broman Ant. If they built 14 houses altogether, how many houses did Broman Ant build?





Homeschooling Education: 1st Grade Fun Math Problems: 4

There are 17 hyenas and wild dogs playing netball. If there are 5 more wild dogs than hyenas, how many hyenas are there?






Homeschooling Education: Singapore Math Questions: 5

Math clip art - Dracula holding cape. Scary vampire.

Wushu Werewolf recently opened a store that served delicious blood juice. When I went there yesterday, some vampires were lining up to buy the popular blood juice. Count Dracula was 5th from the front and 8th from the back. How many vampires were lining up?





Homeschooling Education: 1st Grade Fun Math Problems: 6

Wally the whale lined up with some marine creatures yesterday at the sushi bar to eat some lovely squid. He was 3rd from the right and 7th from the left. How many marine creatures were lining up?






Homeschooling Education: Singapore Math Questions: 7

Math clip art - Lion tamer

The lion tamer at the circus taught his amazing lions how to form a lion pyramid. First he taught them how to form a pyramid with 3 layers - 1 lion at the 1st layer, 2 lions at the 2nd layer and 3 lions at the 3rd layer. If he wanted to form a pyramid with 5 layers, how many lions would he need?





Homeschooling Education: 1st Grade Fun Math Problems: 8

Marla the magnificent monkey could solve the following problem in her First Grade Math Worksheet. Can you? What is the value of "C"?

4 + C + C + C = 19






Homeschooling Education: Singapore Math Questions: 9

Math clip art - Egyptian man winding mummy

Goro, Boro and Moro buried mummies for a living. Goro buried 6 mummies. Boro buried 2 more mummies than Goro. Moro buried 3 fewer mummies than Goro. How many mummies did they bury altogether?





Homeschooling Education: 1st Grade Fun Math Problems: 10

Sally, Wally and Kelly, all of whom are vegetarian sharks because they are toothless, collect pearls as a hobby. They have 18 pearls altogether. Wally has 2 fewer pearls than Sally. If Kelly has 10 pearls, how many pearls does Sally have?






Homeschooling Education: Singapore Math Questions: 11

Math clip art - Green fairy with wand

Gina Giant, Angus Orc and Tumor Troll are mean. They love to squash cute fairies with their thumbs. Last Wednesday, they crashed a fairy party and squashed 17 poor fairies. Tumor Troll gleefully squashed 9 more fairies than Angus Orc. If Angus Orc squashed only 2 fairies, for he is very slow, how many fairies did Gina Giant squash?





Homeschooling Education: 1st Grade Fun Math Problems: 12

Three brothers decided to catch some flies. Roger swatted 5 flies with his rolled up First Grade Math Worksheet. Brad caught 3 fewer flies than Sam. Sam caught, with his sticky tongue, 4 flies more than Roger. How many flies did the 3 brothers catch altogether?






Homeschooling Education: Singapore Math Questions: 13

Math clip art - Pink Flamingo stands on one leg

Fleming flamingo, who did very well in his First Grade Math Worksheet visited his aunt in Guyana. He brought with him 18 crabs. He gave 6 crabs to his aunt. To his uncle, he gave 3 fewer crabs than what he gave to his aunt. To the baby, which was crying, he gave 5 fewer crabs than the total he gave to his aunt and uncle. How many crabs did Fleming finally have in his possession?





Homeschooling Education: 1st Grade Fun Math Problems: 14

16 chipmunks, squirrels and bulls are running around in my room tearing up my one and only First Grade Math Worksheet. If there are 5 more squirrels than chipmunks, and the number of bulls is 3, how many chipmunks are running riot in my room?






Homeschooling Education: Singapore Math Questions: 15

Math clip art - Knight fighting big scorpion

The kingdom of Lunacoon was besieged by 13 giant scorpions. Kevin the knight was called to save the kingdom. In January, he killed 2 scorpions. In February, he killed 3 more scorpions than in January. In March, he killed the rest of these pests. How many more scorpions did he kill in March than in January?





Homeschooling Education: 1st Grade Fun Math Problems: 16

6 animals are lining up at the ticket counter to watch the latest Kung Fu movie. The 3rd animal from the left is the Elephant. The 2nd animal from the right is the Hamster. The Rhino is between the Pig and the Elephant. The Iguana is the 4th from the left. One more animal is the Jellyfish. Can you draw the animals in the order they are lining up?






Homeschooling Education: Singapore Math Questions: 17

Math clip art - Pink pig smiling

Polly the piglet got full marks in her First Grade Math Worksheet. So her dad gave her some money. She skipped over to the candy store and bought some tuna chocolates. As she was a generous little piggy, she gave 7 of her tuna chocolates to Martha Meerkat and 5 fewer chocolates to Brian Bulldog for he was a bully and didn't deserve any more than that. If Polly finally had 6 for herself, how many tuna chocolates did she buy at the candy store?





Homeschooling Education: 1st Grade Fun Math Problems: 18

6 scary creatures were lining up to audition for a horror movie. The 4th from the left was a vicious vampire. The 5th from the right was a gnashing ghoul. To the right of the vampire was a musical monster. The wary werewolf, for he was a coward at heart, was between the ghoul and the vampire. If the bold bat was next to the monster, where was the fearless fairy standing?






Homeschooling Education: Singapore Math Questions: 19

Math clip art - pirate raising sword. Fighting.

Pasha the Pirate loved to use his sword. In January, he stabbed his math teacher and 2 other students for failing his First Grade Math Worksheet. In February, he impaled 4 cowboys for refusing to sell him their cows. In March he thrust his sword into 6 barbers for one of them shaved him bald. By the end of April, he had wounded altogether 19 people if you add up all the 4 months. How many people did he attack in April?





Homeschooling Education: 1st Grade Fun Math Problems: 20

In the village of Shabu, nobody could do the First Grade Math Worksheet which a two-headed monster gave them. In fury, the monster ate 5 villagers on Monday and 2 fewer villagers on Tuesday. On Wednesday, in rage, the monster ate 3 more villagers than the total number of villagers it ate on Monday and Tuesday. How many villagers did the monster eat before it was slain by a valiant warrior on Thursday?






This First Grade Math Worksheet Ends Here

This is the end of this First Grade Math Worksheet. We have lots more Free Singapore math word problems in our website coming up - all for your arithmetic pleasure. Please click First Grade Math Worksheet for more Singapore math word problems.

What about the answers? Here they are!

First Grade Math Worksheet 6 - Answers

Q1 - 16, Q2 - 10, Q3 - 5, Q4 - 6, Q5 - 12

Q6 - 9, Q7 - 15, Q8 - 5, Q9 - 17, Q10 - 5

Q11 - 4, Q12 - 20, Q13 - 5, Q14 - 4, Q15 - 4

Q16 - Figure it out!, Q17 - 15, Q18 - 1st from left, Q19 - 6, Q20 - 19

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