Addition Sentence Worksheets from Word Problems
Word problems about balloons, animals and food ask students to write the addition sentence that finds each total, then create and illustrate a problem of their own.

- Grades
- Grades 1–3, Elementary
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Math, Addition and Subtraction, Addition
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
- Preparation
- Print ready
About this resource
What's inside this resource
This worksheet is a great way for students to practice reading word problems and writing equations to solve them. This is a skill that is essential for success in math.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Write an addition sentence that represents a word problem
- Add three numbers to solve a word problem
Teaching tips
- The worksheets build from two addends to larger numbers to three addends, so worksheet 5 could be saved for students ready for the extra addend.
Skills covered
- Problem writing — completing a fill-in-the-blank addition story and drawing a picture for it
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Core concepts
Core concepts
- Addition sentences
- Word problems
- Addends
- Sums
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