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Colour by Code Worksheets for Addition Facts

Addition facts ranging from simple single-digit sums up to totals of 20 are solved and then colour-coded to reveal a picture across a set of colour-by-number pages.
Grades
K–1, Elementary
Pages
20
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Updated Jul 30, 2025

Subject
Addition, Numbers, Early Math, Math
Topic
Centers, Printables
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Workbooks, Colouring Pages, Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
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Addition fact fluency is practiced through a set of colour-by-code pages where each cell contains an addition problem instead of a plain number, and students must solve it before matching the sum to a colour key (for example, red for 6, blue for 11, pink for 15, green for 5) printed at the bottom of the page. The problems progress across the set from very simple sums like 0+15 up to two-digit totals such as 19+1 and 16+4, so the difficulty increases as students move through the pages. Each page repeats the same colour-by-code format with a fresh grid of problems and a new colour key, letting the resource be used for repeated independent practice or as a math centre activity. There is no separate answer key; the colour key itself lets students self-check as they work, since a wrong sum will produce a colour that does not match the intended picture. Students who need a strategy for solving these facts rather than memorizing them outright can build that foundation first with make a ten strategy worksheets.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Solve single- and double-digit addition problems with sums up to 20.

  • Match a calculated sum to its assigned colour using a page's colour key.

  • Apply addition fact fluency repeatedly across a self-checking colouring activity.

Teaching tips

  • Assign the simpler, lower-sum pages first and save pages with sums into the high teens for students who have mastered basic facts, since the difficulty is not uniform across the set.

  • Use the built-in self-checking nature of the colour key as a quick formative check — a colouring result that looks wrong signals an addition error worth revisiting.

  • Rotate the pages through a math centre so students get repeated addition practice without repeating the same problem set.

Skills covered

  • Addition fact fluency — students solve equations with sums ranging from single digits up to 20.

  • Colour-key matching — students translate a numeric answer into the correct colour using a page-specific legend.

  • Self-checking practice — students use the colouring outcome itself to notice and correct addition errors.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Addition

  • Number sense

  • Colour-by-number

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