Kindergarten Addition: Sums to 8

Add numbers with sums up to 8

What You'll Learn

  • Add numbers with sums up to 8
  • Practice counting on from a number
  • Use both hands for counting

📖Getting Bigger

Now we can make sums bigger than 5! 3+3=6, 4+3=7, 4+4=8. Count carefully!

💡

Count on from the bigger number. For 5+3, start at 5 and count: 6, 7, 8!

Worked examples

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

  1. Example 1

    2 + 4 = ?

    1. Start at 2 on the number line.
    2. Count forward 4 steps.
    3. You land on 6.

    Answer: 6

  2. Example 2

    2 + 5 = ?

    1. Start at 2 on the number line.
    2. Count forward 5 steps.
    3. You land on 7.

    Answer: 7

  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