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Skills Covered

  • Practice counting with accuracy
  • Recognize and write numerals
  • Build one-to-one correspondence
  • Develop number recognition skills
  • Strengthen fine motor skills through writing
  • Connect quantities to written numbers

How to Use This Worksheet

Solve number puzzles with values up to 20. A brain-teaser that builds logical thinking and math skills.

Tips for Success

  • Count objects aloud while pointing to each one
  • Use different colored markers for variety
  • Practice in short sessions for best retention
  • Praise effort and improvement in number formation

Common Core Standards Alignment

This worksheet supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

  • 1.OA.A.2 Solve story problems where three numbers are added together for a total of 20 or less.
  • 1.OA.C.6 Add and subtract to 20, working fluently within 10, with strategies like counting on, making ten, fact families and doubles plus one.
  • 1.OA.D.8 Solve for the missing number in adding or subtracting equations like 9 + ? = 15 or ? - 4 = 6.
  • 2.OA.B.2 Add and subtract to 20 quickly using strategies done in the head, and by year's end instantly recall every sum of two single-digit numbers.
  • 2.NBT.B.6 Find the sum of two, three or four two-digit numbers using place value and properties of addition.

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Number Puzzle to 20

1st – 2nd Grade

Solve number puzzles with values up to 20. A brain-teaser that builds logical thinking and math skills.

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What’s Included

  • 5 worksheet pages
  • Answer keys included
  • Grade level: 1st - 2nd
  • Category: Numbers & Counting
  • Print-ready PDF format
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