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Two-Digit Addition Within 100: Grade 1 math

This topic builds mental and informal written addition strategies for two-digit numbers with and without bridging ten. Pupils practise number line jumps, partitioning tens and ones, and consolidating basic two-digit sum fluency.

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What this covers

Two-Digit Addition Within 100 is taught in Grade 1 (age 6 to 7) as a topic to introduce. It sits in the Number strand.

Worked example

Calculate: 38 + 25

  1. Partition 25 into 20 and 5.
  2. Add the tens: 38 + 20 = 58.
  3. Add the ones: 58 + 5 = 63.

Answer: 63

Difficulty scale

The sheet generator offers five difficulty settings for this topic.

  1. Adding a 1-digit number to a 2-digit number without bridging ten (e.g., 23 + 4)
  2. Adding a 1-digit number to a 2-digit number with bridging ten (e.g., 28 + 6)
  3. Adding a multiple of 10 to a 2-digit number (e.g., 45 + 30)
  4. Adding two 2-digit numbers without regrouping (e.g., 42 + 35)
  5. Adding two 2-digit numbers with regrouping across ten (e.g., 47 + 38)

Common mistakes

  • Adding tens to ones by concatenating digits without place value alignment
  • Forgetting to add the bridged ten when sum of ones exceeds 9

Curriculum links

Indicative matches to Common Core State Standards. Check wording and codes against the official document.

  • 1.NBT.C.4 Add within 100, including adding a two-digit number and a one-digit number or a multiple of 10.

Sample sheet and answers

Six questions at the level's usual difficulty. Open the editor to change, add or regenerate any of them.

Two-Digit Addition Within 100

Grade 1 math

Qs
6
Marks
6
NameDateScore / 6
1.
6 + 3 =
[1]
2.
2 + 7 =
[1]
3.
3 + 2 =
[1]
4.
5 + 5 =
[1]
5.
5 + 4 =
[1]
6.
5 + 4 =
[1]

Answer key

  1. 96 + 3 = 9
  2. 92 + 7 = 9
  3. 53 + 2 = 5
  4. 105 + 5 = 10
  5. 95 + 4 = 9
  6. 95 + 4 = 9