• 1st Grade
  • Math
  • About 10 minutes

Add Tens to a Number

Adding tens only changes the tens place. The ones stay the same.

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This is sheet #13924601.

How to do it

  1. Write the numbers in the grid.
  2. The ones stay the same.
  3. Add the tens.

Teaching tip

Only the tens digit changes. Point that out after the first one. This sheet is aligned with Common Core 1.NBT.C.4.

Add Tens to a Number worksheet for 1st grade (adding within 100), free printable
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About this worksheet

Adding a multiple of 10 to a two-digit number, like 34 + 20, in a lined-up grid.

What kids practice

In first grade, adding within 100 means problems like 40 + 30, 52 + 20 and 46 + 7. Kids use what they know about tens and ones. Tens go with tens and ones go with ones. When the ones add up to 10 or more, those ones make a new ten.

Watch for

  • Adding the one-digit number to the tens, so 46 + 7 becomes 116.
  • Forgetting to carry the new ten when the ones add up to 10 or more.
  • Writing 7 instead of 70 for 40 + 30.

It's free to print, with Fewer, Standard or More on the page and an answer key. See the full adding within 100 guide for 1st grade.

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