Grade 1 Addition: What is Addition?
Learn what addition means and how to add small numbers
What You'll Learn
- Understand that addition means putting numbers together
- Learn the plus (+) and equals (=) signs
- Add numbers from 0 to 5
📖What Does Addition Mean?
Addition is putting numbers together to find out how many you have in all. When you add, you combine groups of things to get a total.
📖Addition Symbols
The plus sign (+) tells us to add. The equals sign (=) shows the answer. For example: 2 + 3 = 5 means "two plus three equals five."
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You can use your fingers to help count! Hold up fingers for each number and count them all together.
📖Adding with Objects
Start by counting real objects. If you have 2 apples and get 1 more apple, count them all: 1, 2, 3. You have 3 apples! 2 + 1 = 3
Worked examples
Real problems from the practice worksheets, solved one step at a time.
Example 1
5 + 1 = ?
- Start at 5 on the number line.
- Count forward 1 step.
- You land on 6.
Answer: 6
Example 2
4 + 3 = ?
- Start at 4 on the number line.
- Count forward 3 steps.
- You land on 7.
Answer: 7
Example 3
4 + 1 = ?
- Start at 4 on the number line.
- Count forward 1 step.
- You land on 5.
Answer: 5