MathsFreePrintable

Partitioning Addition Worksheets

A free maths worksheet ready for your classroom. Open in Kuraplan to grab the print-ready PDF, customize it for your students, or generate a fresh version in seconds.

Partitioning Addition Worksheets worksheet preview

Partitioning Addition Worksheets

Mathematical symbols and numbers

🎯 Learning Intention

I am learning to: Break numbers into tens and ones to make addition easier

Success Criteria: I can partition numbers and add them step by step

Warm-Up: Breaking Apart Numbers

1. Break these numbers into tens and ones:

a) 25 = _____ + _____

b) 34 = _____ + _____

c) 47 = _____ + _____

2. Which shows 38 broken into parts?

20 + 18

30 + 8

40 - 2

📚 Guided Practice: Partitioning Addition

Worked Example: 26 + 15

Step 1: Break apart → 26 = 20 + 6, and 15 = 10 + 5

Step 2: Add tens → 20 + 10 = 30

Step 3: Add ones → 6 + 5 = 11

Step 4: Combine → 30 + 11 = 41

3. Use partitioning to solve 23 + 14:

23 = _____ + _____

14 = _____ + _____

Add tens: _____ + _____ = _____

Add ones: _____ + _____ = _____

Final answer: _____ + _____ = _____

4. Solve using partitioning:

a) 35 + 27 = _____

b) 42 + 19 = _____

✏️ Independent Practice & Extension

5. Choose the best partitioning strategy for each problem:

For 28 + 16, I would break it into:

(20 + 8) + (10 + 6)

(25 + 3) + (15 + 1)

(30 - 2) + (20 - 4)

6. Extension Challenge - Use flexible partitioning:

Solve 37 + 25 by making a friendly number first:

Hint: Take 3 from 25 to make 37 into 40

7. Real-world problem:

Sarah collected 28 stamps and her brother collected 17 stamps. How many stamps do they have altogether? Show your partitioning work.

8. Number line jumps:

Show 24 + 18 using jumps on a number line. Start at 24, then jump by tens and ones.

About This Worksheet

Free in Kuraplan

Sign up free, grab the PDF, and customize it for your class.

Print-Ready

Formatted for standard paper. Clean layout, easy to read.

AI-Generated

Created with Kuraplan's AI, designed for real classroom use.

For Teachers & Parents

Use in classrooms, for homework, tutoring, or homeschool.

Need a custom version of this worksheet?

Kuraplan's AI generates custom worksheets in seconds — differentiated for every learner, aligned to your curriculum.

Generate Custom Worksheets — Free
No credit card Curriculum-aligned Under 60 seconds