MathsFreePrintable

Addition to 20 Strategies

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.

Addition to 20 Strategies worksheet preview

Addition to 20 Strategies

Addition strategies illustration

🔢 Part 1: Choose Your Strategy

Strategies to use: Make 10, Doubles, Counting On

1. Solve 8 + 7. Show your thinking:


2. Solve 9 + 6. Show your thinking:


3. Which strategy would you use for 7 + 7?

Make 10

Doubles

Counting On

Answer: 7 + 7 = _____

4. Solve these problems and write which strategy you used:

a) 16 + 3 = _____ 

b) 6 + 6 = _____ 

c) 12 + 5 = _____ 

d) 5 + 9 = _____ 

e) 10 + 7 = _____ 

f) 4 + 8 = _____ 

✏️ Part 2: Explain Your Thinking

5. Emma says "To solve 9 + 8, I made 10 first." Explain how Emma could do this:
6. True or False? Circle your answer and explain why.

15 + 4 = 19

True / False

🧩 Part 3: Missing Number Challenge

8. Fill in the missing numbers:

a) _____ + 8 = 20

b) 17 + _____ = 20

c) _____ + 5 = 13

d) 9 + _____ = 18

9. Create your own missing number problem for a friend to solve:

_____ + _____ = _____

10. Challenge: Use the make 10 strategy to solve 14 + 6. Draw or write to show your thinking:

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