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Free addition games for kids

The game above is set to addition facts only, so your child can focus on adding. Pick 1st grade for sums within 10 or 2nd grade for sums within 20. When the facts feel easy, try the step-by-step games below for adding on a number line and adding bigger numbers with carrying.

Games on this page

• 🍌 Banana Grab

  Addition facts only on this page — catch the banana with the sum.

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• 🐾 Number Line Hop

  1st grade: hop forward on the number line to add within 20.

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• 🧗 Column Climb

  2nd–4th grade: add bigger numbers column by column, with carrying.

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• 🗺️ Jungle Word Trek

  2nd grade and up: story problems that need adding.

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Tips for parents and teachers

• Start with the bigger number and count on: for 2 + 9, start at 9 and count 2 more.
• Doubles (3 + 3, 4 + 4…) are easy to remember and unlock lots of other facts.
• Turnaround facts are free: if you know 8 + 3, you know 3 + 8.

Matching school standards

These games line up with these Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

• 1.OA.C.6 Add and subtract within 20, with fluency within 10.
• 2.OA.B.2 Fluently add and subtract within 20; know all sums of two one-digit numbers from memory.
• 2.NBT.B.5 Fluently add and subtract within 100.

Questions parents ask