Kindergarten Addition: What is Addition?
Learn what it means to add numbers together
What You'll Learn
- Understand that addition means putting things together
- Learn the plus (+) sign
- Add using objects and pictures
📖Putting Things Together
Addition is when we put things together to find out how many we have in all. If you have 2 apples and get 1 more, you have 3 apples!
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Use your fingers! Hold up fingers on both hands and count them all together.
Worked examples
Real problems from the practice worksheets, solved one step at a time.
Example 1
4 + 1 = ?
- Start at 4 on the number line.
- Count forward 1 step.
- You land on 5.
Answer: 5
Example 2
1 + 2 = ?
- Start at 1 on the number line.
- Count forward 2 steps.
- You land on 3.
Answer: 3
Example 3
1 + 4 = ?
- Start at 1 on the number line.
- Count forward 4 steps.
- You land on 5.
Answer: 5
Practice Worksheets
What is Addition? (Set A)
Learn what it means to add numbers
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What is Addition? (Set B)
More introduction to adding
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What is Addition? (Set C)
Practice adding small numbers
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What is Addition? (Set D)
Keep practicing addition
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What is Addition? (Set E)
Master the basics of addition
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