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Addition Within 20 Worksheets

Every sheet of addition within 20 worksheets on this page is built the moment you open it, so the 20 problems below are not the same ones the last visitor printed, and the answer key is generated with them. A typical problem from the sheet in front of you is 9 + 6, which works out to 15; another is 7 + 5, giving 12.

📄 ADDITION WITHIN 20 WORKSHEETS — A NEW SHEET EVERY TIME YOU PRESS THE BUTTON
🎲 New set of problems

‘New set of problems’ opens the generator in its own tab. There you can change the problem count and turn the answer key on or off. ‘Print or save as PDF’ opens the print dialog — choose Save as PDF in the printer list to keep the file. The sheet fits US Letter and A4, and the answer key prints on its own page.

What is on the sheet

The problems here use sums between 11 and 18, which keeps the arithmetic honest without turning the page into a copying exercise. 9 + 6 and 7 + 5 are typical of the range.

Fluency in addition is usually described in two parts: knowing the single-digit facts by recall, and applying a written method to bigger numbers. This sheet exercises whichever of the two the number range implies — for 9 + 6 the answer 15 should come from memory, not from counting.

Written addition is worth practising in columns — which is what these addition within 20 worksheets ask for — even when a child working at this level can do it mentally, because the column layout is what makes four-digit work manageable later. A problem such as 6 + 5 is small enough to do mentally and worth writing out anyway.

Because the addends are regenerated every time, a child cannot learn the sheet instead of the skill. Yesterday's page may have asked for 9 + 4; today's asks something else in the same shape.

In US classrooms these addition within 20 worksheets are commonly aligned with the addition strand of most US state standards for this grade, though the exact wording varies from state to state.

Examples taken from this worksheet

These six come from the sheet loaded on this page. Press the button and the numbers change, but the shape stays the same (sums between 11 and 18).
#ProblemAnswerWhat to check
19 + 6 =15Watch for: counting on from the wrong number
27 + 5 =12Check: forgetting the carried digit
39 + 4 =13Look at: losing the place columns
46 + 5 =11Ask about: guessing on the near-tens
56 + 6 =12Watch for: adding right to left, then reading left to right
65 + 6 =11Check: treating a longer number as a bigger one

One problem worked through

Here is one worked through. 7 + 5 gives 12. If your child arrives somewhere other than 12 on 7 + 5, look at the working rather than the answer: nearly every wrong result comes from a skipped step, not an unknown fact.

The item 7 + 5 is worth doing slowly. The answer to 7 + 5 is 12, and the route to it is the route every other problem on this sheet takes — which is why the sheet has 20 of them rather than one.

Three common mistakes and what to do about them

Using this sheet as a daily drill

  1. Use a pencil, not a pen. Children working on addition that crosses ten rethink far more often when erasing is allowed, and you get to see exactly where the rethinking happened on an item like 9 + 4.
  2. Keep the session to about 10 minutes. A child working at this level who is still counting on fingers will need longer than that on a line like 9 + 6, and that is fine: the timer is a measurement, never a punishment.
  3. Re-print the same skill rather than the same sheet. Because the numbers change, a child who memorised that 9 + 6 gives 15 still has to actually calculate tomorrow.
  4. Read the first two problems out loud together before starting the clock. It costs fifteen seconds and removes most of the 'I did not understand the question' errors.
  5. Write the finish time and the score at the top of every sheet. Two weeks of those two numbers tells you more about progress on addition that crosses ten than any single test result.

Marking the sheet

Answers appear next to their question numbers, so a wrong item like 7 + 5 can be found in the key in a second and re-worked while it is still fresh.

The key prints on its own page by default. Uncheck the answer-key box before printing if you would rather keep it back and mark the sheet yourself.

Printing and saving as PDF

Printing works the same on US Letter and A4, because the layout uses relative widths rather than fixed inches. Set margins to default and scaling to 100%, and all 20 problems fit.

For a class set, print one sheet, press the new-worksheet button and print again. Each child gets different numbers on the same skill, so nobody can copy the answer to 9 + 6 from a neighbour.

Frequently asked questions

Is mental or written addition better here?
Both, in that order — try it mentally, and write the column method when the numbers get too big to hold. A problem like 7 + 5 sits right on that boundary for many children.
Do I need an account to print these worksheets?
No. There is no sign-up, no email and no download step — the addition within 20 worksheets are built in your browser and go straight to your printer or to a PDF file.
How many different sheets can I make?
As many as you want. The numbers are randomised each time, so printing five sheets in a row gives five different sets of 20 problems on the same skill.
What comes after this sheet?
Once 20 problems are correct inside 10 minutes, widen the numbers or move to addition with regrouping. Both routes are linked at the bottom of this page.

When these become easy, move along the related links below rather than adding more problems to the same sheet.

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Last updated: 2026-09-13