Dice Addition Worksheets for 1st Grade

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Grade 1MathAddition & SubtractionCCSS 1.OA.C.6

Skill: Adding the dots on two dice for sums from 2 to 12

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Teaching tips and what to try next

A friendly page for first graders who add within 10 and are starting sums to 12. A quick game of rolling two dice and racing to say the total, with the winner keeping a point, builds the same facts with lots of repetition. For more facts without pictures, try Addition Within 20, and for the bridge through 10, use Make a Ten to Add.

10 versions, each with its own answer key

Same skill and layout, a fresh set of problems in every version, so children can keep practicing without repeating a page. Problems are not repeated between versions unless a skill has only a small number of possible problems (for example, the addition facts within 10).

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About this worksheet

Dice are a favorite way to practice adding, and the dot patterns help children learn to see small numbers without counting every dot. This first-grade worksheet uses pictures of two dice to practice addition facts with sums from 2 to 12.

The page has twelve problems. Each one shows two dice with a plus sign between them, and children add the dots and write the total in the box. The dots are arranged in the standard patterns found on real dice, so once a child knows that the pattern of four corners means 4, the problem turns into a fact like 4 + 5. Doubles such as 3 + 3 make quick facts when they show up, and the larger sums from 10 to 12 give practice with adding past 10. Each of the ten versions shows new pairs of dice and has its own answer key.

How to use it: roll a pair of real dice a few times before the worksheet and say the total together. Encourage your child to name the bigger number first and count on with the smaller one, rather than counting every dot from one. When you see a double, ask what the total is right away. Over time, many children learn all the dot patterns by sight, which makes the facts much quicker. If your child counts the same dot twice, try touching each dot with a pencil tip.

The answer key gives every total. To practice the same facts without pictures, try our Addition Within 20 worksheet. For a smart way to add doubles, try our Doubles and Near Doubles Addition worksheet.