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➕ 1st grade math · Add & Subtract

What the equal sign means

= means the same amount on both sides. Is 7 = 3 + 4 true? 3 + 4 is 7, so yes.

Worked example

True or false: 4 + 1 = 4.
Answer: False
The equals sign means the same amount on both sides. Work out each side: 4 + 1 is 5, and 4 is 4. They are not the same, so it is false.

For grown-ups: The equal sign means "same as"; true/false equations. Below: three problems to try with the worked answers, and a free printable sheet. Children can practise the same skill as a game, with no sign-up and no ads.

  • CCSS 1.OA.D.7
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Practices the equal sign means "same as"; true/false equations (1.OA.D.7). A printable sheet with its answer key, worked answers on the page, no accounts.

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Try three

  1. True or false: 4 + 1 = 6.
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: False
    The equals sign means the same amount on both sides. Work out each side: 4 + 1 is 5, and 6 is 6. They are not the same, so it is false.
  2. True or false: 11 = 11 + 1.
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: False
    The equals sign means the same amount on both sides. Work out each side: 11 is 11, and 11 + 1 is 12. They are not the same, so it is false.
  3. True or false: 2 = 11 − 9.
    Show the answer and how
    Answer: True
    The equals sign means the same amount on both sides. Work out each side: 2 is 2, and 11 − 9 is 2. They match, so it is true.

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What the equal sign means (1st grade)

  1. True or false: 6 + 3 = 9.
  2. True or false: 3 + 3 = 6.
  3. True or false: 6 = 5 + 1.
  4. True or false: 9 = 7 + 2.
  5. True or false: 7 = 4 + 4.
  6. True or false: 17 + 2 = 11 + 8.
  7. True or false: 18 = 1 + 16.
  8. True or false: 16 + 1 = 8 + 10.
  9. True or false: 15 + 2 = 2 + 15.
  10. True or false: 7 + 13 = 16 + 5.
  11. True or false: 6 − 5 = 1.
  12. True or false: 18 + 1 = 18 + 3.

Answer key

  1. True
  2. True
  3. True
  4. True
  5. False
  6. True
  7. False
  8. False
  9. True
  10. False
  11. True
  12. False

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