Give a six-year-old the number 16 and ask how to get there, and you may hear 8 + 8 straight away, yet few children think of 17 – 1 on their own. This 1st grade ways to make a number worksheet invites both directions. Each of the eight boxes asks a question, such as How do you make 12? or How do you make 9? Below it, four choices mix plus and minus, like 17 – 5, 11 + 2 or 12 + 2, and only one reaches the target. Your child works out each choice and marks the right one. All the numbers stay within 20. A boy swinging a golf club watches from the top. A second page gives the answer key.