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Exercises: addition of natural numbers

With these exercises you will train adding natural numbers. Can you do them all?

  1. 1

    Count the following single-digit numbers together.

    1. 2+5


    2. 4+7


    3. 8+9


    4. 5+7


  2. 2

    Add the one- or two-digit numbers in your head.

    1. 24+3


    2. 6+55


    3. 35+18


  3. 3

    Select all terms which are equivalent to 78.

  4. 4

    Select all terms whose value is 127.

  5. 5

    Add the following two-digit numbers.

    1. 43+22


    2. 28+53

    3. 17+83

  6. 6

    Tina buys 5 packs of gummy bears for $3 each and 2 bars of chocolate for $5 each. How much does she have to pay?

  7. 7

    There are 13 boys and 11 girls in class 5b. How many children are in the class in total?


  8. 8

    Tim has 37 pencils. For his birthday, he gets 18 pencils from his grandma and 7 from Leo. How many pencils does he have after his birthday?


  9. 9

    Clara is 12 years old. She has a big sister who is 17 years old and a little brother who is 9 years old. How old are the three of them together?

  10. 10

    Tom is very diligent today. He has already solved 36 addition tasks and 27 subtraction tasks. How many problems has he solved in total?

  11. 11

    Laura, the bookworm, has started a new book. In the first few days she has already read 118 pages. Next week she will read another 234 pages. Now there are 13 pages left. How many pages does the book have in total?

  12. 12

    Add the following numbers by written addition.

    1. 66+91


    2. 42+78

    3. 63+80