Kindergarten Addition: Adding Within 5

Practice adding small numbers

What You'll Learn

  • Add numbers with sums to 5
  • Use objects to help count
  • Begin to remember simple facts

📖Small Sums

Let's add numbers that give us 5 or less: 1+1=2, 2+1=3, 2+2=4, 3+2=5. These are fun facts to learn!

💡

Use one hand to show these sums. You have 5 fingers - perfect for sums to 5!

Worked examples

Real problems from the practice worksheets, solved one step at a time.

  1. Example 1

    1 + 2 = ?

    1. Start at 1 on the number line.
    2. Count forward 2 steps.
    3. You land on 3.

    Answer: 3

  2. Example 2

    1 + 1 = ?

    1. Start at 1 on the number line.
    2. Count forward 1 step.
    3. You land on 2.

    Answer: 2

  3. Example 3

    1 + 3 = ?

    1. Start at 1 on the number line.
    2. Count forward 3 steps.
    3. You land on 4.

    Answer: 4