Building brick math worksheets for 1st grade

10 free building brick math word problems for 1st grade. Adding and taking away within 20. Print the PDF, or make one with your kid's name in every question.

Page 2 of the worksheet. Set A, Adding to. A solved example and 2 questions about Ruby, with pictures to count and boxes for the answers.
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Highlighted words are about Ruby. In your worksheet they are your kid's name, family, pets and favorite things.

Set A. Adding to

Start with some. Get more. Find how many in all.

  1. Ruby has 6 bricks. Mia gives Ruby 8 more. How many bricks does Ruby have now?
  2. Ruby has 7 brick cars. Dad gives Ruby 1 more. How many brick cars does Ruby have now?

Set B. Putting together

Two groups go together. Find how many in all.

  1. Ruby built 14 brick robots. Mom built 5 brick robots. How many brick robots did they build altogether?
  2. Ruby built 10 brick robots. Grandma built 1 brick robot. How many brick robots did they build altogether?

Set C. Taking from

Start with some. Some go away. Find how many are left.

  1. Ruby has 11 bricks. Ruby gives 5 to Theo. How many bricks does Ruby have left?
  2. Ruby has 19 brick cars. Ruby gives 1 to Mia. How many brick cars does Ruby have left?

Set D. Comparing

Look at two groups. Find how many more one has.

  1. Ruby built 17 towers. Mia built 3 towers. How many more towers did Ruby build than Mia?
  2. Ruby built 19 brick robots. Mia built 13 brick robots. How many more brick robots did Ruby build than Mia?

Set E. Finding the missing part

You know the whole and one part. Find the other part.

  1. Ruby wants to build 18 brick robots. Ruby already built 8. How many more does Ruby need to build?
  2. Ruby wants to build 7 towers. Ruby already built 3. How many more does Ruby need to build?

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Answer key
  1. 14
  2. 8
  3. 19
  4. 11
  5. 6
  6. 18
  7. 14
  8. 6
  9. 10
  10. 4

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