Addition (sums 18 or less)
Mrs. Gabbie owns a bakery. Her bakery is well-known
for its high-quality delicious pastries.
1. There are 6 bakers and 2 bakery cashiers working
in Mrs. Gabbie’s bakery. How many staff
members are working there?
2. In the bakery storage room, there are 9 sacks of
flour, 3 sacks of sugar and 5 boxes of margarine.
How many sacks are there in the storage room?
3. Mrs. Gabbie served 5 trays of cheesebreads, 9
trays of caramel breads and 5 trays of
drinks for her family reunion. How many
trays of bread were there altogether?
4. There are 3 different flavors of doughnuts, 4
different flavors of croissants, and 5 different
flavors of pretzels displayed in her bakery. How
many different flavors are there in that bakery?
5. One customer bought 6 strawberry cakes from
Mrs. Gabbie’s bakery. She was amazed by the
taste of the cake, so the following day she
bought another 7 strawberry cakes. How many
strawberry cakes did Mrs. Gabbie sell to that
customer?
6. One of Mrs. Gabbie’s customers had a birthday
party with 5 blueberry muffins, 7 chocolate muffins,
and 3 cinnamon muffins on a big plate on the
table. How many muffins were there on the plate?
7. Write the addition equation for this sentence:
“Abbie orders 2 trays of big chocolate cookies
from Mrs. Gabbie’s bakery. Each tray has 8 big
chocolate cookies. So, Mrs. Gabbie has to bake
16 big cookies.”
Addition (sums 18 or less)
The grade one class took a trip to visit a farm last
Friday. Everyone had a great time there!
1. 7 students in Ms. Merilyn’s class went on the trip
and 3 students called in sick and could not go on
the trip. How many students are there in her
class?
2. In the petting zoo, there were 5 goats and 5
ponies. On the other side of the farm, there were
2 ponies for riding. How many ponies were there?
3. Students were lining up for pony rides. As there
were 2 ponies, the students line up in 2 lines.
There were 7 students in one line and 6 students
in another line. How many students were lining up
for pony rides?
4. There were two wagons in the farm. Each wagon
took 8 students. How many students were on the
wagons?
5. The farm prepared some drinks for the students.
There were 3 trays of hot chocolate and 4 trays
of juice. How many trays of drinks were there?
6. Write the addition sentence that fits this: “The
student helped with the harvesting at the farm,
there are harvested 3 boxes of pumpkin and 9
boxes of tomatoes. They harvested 12 boxes in
total.”
Addition (sums 18 or less)
Henry works at a music store.
1. There are 4 violins in the store room and 3 violins
on display. How many violins are there in total?
2. A new order of instruments comes in today. There
are 8 guitars and 3 flutes from the order. Together
with the 5 guitars that the store has, how many
guitars are there in total?
3. 2 boxes of music books aresentin from another
supplier. In one box, thereare6music books. In
the other box, there are 9musicbooks. How
many music books are thereintotal?
4. There were 4 pairs of headphones in the store. A
customer comes in to return 2 pairs of
headphones he bought last week. Now how
many headphones are there in the store?
5. Henry ordered 8 trumpets last week. Yesterday,
he called the supplier and changed the order to
add 6 more trumpets. How many trumpets did he
order in total?
6. Write the addition sentence that fits this: “There
are 2 stacks of CDs in the storeroom. There are 7
CDs in each stack. So, there are total of 14 CDs.”
Addition (sums 18 or less)
Chef Jennifer works at the school cafeteria.
1. There are 6 chef assistants and 2 servers. How
many staff are working there?
2.
In the fridge, there are 4 stacks of chocolate
puddings, 7 stacks of brownies and 5 stacks of
pasta salad. How many stacks of dessert are
there?
3.
There are 9 pots of cream ofmushroom and 8
pots of vegetable soup. How
many pots of soup are there?
4. At the serving area, there are 5 trays of pasta
with tomato sauce and 4 trays of pasta with
cream sauce. How many trays of pasta are
there?
5. Next to the 3 juice fountains, there are 5 tables.
On the other side of the cafeteria, there are 7
tables. How many tables are there in total?
6. Write the addition sentence that fits this: “Jennifer
prepares 3 new recipes for the next month. On
top of the original 9 recipes she has, she has a
total of 12 recipes.”
