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Free 1st Grade Addition to 10 Worksheets

Use this page when you want 1st grade addition to 10 worksheets in the next thirty seconds: choose how many problems you want, press print, and the answer key comes out on its own page behind the worksheet. A typical problem from the sheet in front of you is 2 + 3, which works out to 5; another is 7 + 2, giving 9.

📄 1ST GRADE ADDITION TO 10 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 you are practising here

Addition is the first place a child meets the idea of a carried digit, and it is the skill every later algorithm leans on. A sheet like 2 + 3 looks small, but the habit it builds — line up the places, work right to left, record the carry — is the same habit that survives into multi-digit multiplication.

The problems here use sums up to 10, which keeps the arithmetic honest without turning the page into a copying exercise. 2 + 3 and 7 + 2 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 2 + 3 the answer 5 should come from memory, not from counting.

Written addition is worth practising in columns — which is what these 1st grade addition to 10 worksheets ask for — even when a 1st grader can do it mentally, because the column layout is what makes four-digit work manageable later. A problem such as 4 + 1 is small enough to do mentally and worth writing out anyway.

In US classrooms these 1st grade addition to 10 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 up to 10).
#ProblemAnswerWhat to check
12 + 3 =5Watch for: treating a longer number as a bigger one
27 + 2 =9Check: adding right to left, then reading left to right
33 + 4 =7Look at: forgetting the carried digit
44 + 1 =5Ask about: counting on from the wrong number
56 + 3 =9Watch for: guessing on the near-tens
61 + 6 =7Check: losing the place columns

Try one together first

Here is one worked through. 7 + 2 gives 9. If your child arrives somewhere other than 9 on 7 + 2, look at the working rather than the answer: nearly every wrong result comes from a skipped step, not an unknown fact.

The item 7 + 2 is worth doing slowly. The answer to 7 + 2 is 9, 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.

The three errors worth watching for

Getting the most out of 8 minutes a day

  1. Do not raise the number of problems until the accuracy is steady. Going from 20 correct-but-slow problems to more problems only multiplies the same mistake.
  2. Stop the session at the time limit even if the sheet is unfinished, and note where the child got to. A half sheet done well is better data than a whole sheet rushed.
  3. 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 to 10 than any single test result.
  4. Mark it together straight away while the working is still fresh, so a slip like the one behind 3 + 4 can be talked through instead of guessed at.
  5. Re-print the same skill rather than the same sheet. Because the numbers change, a child who memorised that 2 + 3 gives 5 still has to actually calculate tomorrow.

About the answer key

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.

Keys are produced by the same code that produces the questions, so a mismatch between question and answer is not possible on these sheets.

Printing and saving as PDF

Portrait orientation is what the sheet is designed for. Landscape works but wastes about a third of the paper, so leave the orientation alone unless you have a reason.

If the problems look cramped, drop the count from 20 to a smaller number before printing these 1st grade addition to 10 worksheets; the font stays the same size and the spacing opens up.

Frequently asked questions

What comes after this sheet?
Once 20 problems are correct inside 8 minutes, widen the numbers or move to addition with regrouping. Both routes are linked at the bottom of this page.
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 + 2 sits right on that boundary for many children.
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.
Do I need an account to print these worksheets?
No. There is no sign-up, no email and no download step — the 1st grade addition to 10 worksheets are built in your browser and go straight to your printer or to a PDF file.

Keep the finished 1st grade addition to 10 worksheets in date order — the drop in time across ten sheets is the clearest progress report you will get.

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Last updated: 2026-09-13