Secret Code Addition with Supermarket Things — Grade 1

On this sheet the carts, baskets and a till are a secret code: the legend tells the child what number each one is worth, and every row asks the child to look them up and add. With three or more picture-numbers per row, it practises adding several small numbers at once — the Grade 1 leap past two-addend sums — wrapped in a code-breaking puzzle that keeps a child engaged. Totals stay within twenty so the sums remain countable and checkable.

Decoding each picture before adding keeps a child from racing through on autopilot — every row needs a deliberate look-up, then a sum of several numbers. That extra step is why the code format suits Grade 1: it makes multi-number addition feel like a puzzle rather than a drill, while the within-twenty totals keep each answer countable and within easy reach of the strategies a child already has.

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