Equation Completion worksheets

Equation Completion Worksheets

Printable worksheets for choosing the missing plus or minus sign in equations within 20.

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A clear space between the two numbers leaves room to write plus or minus.

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Available worksheets

Choose the sign that makes the equation true

Each question shows two numbers and a result. Children decide whether a plus or minus sign belongs in the clear writing space between the numbers.

For 7 ? 4 = 11, choose plus because joining 7 and 4 gives 11. For 7 ? 4 = 3, choose minus because taking 4 from 7 leaves 3. Read the result aloud before filling the box.

The printable set alternates addition and subtraction and builds from familiar facts to equations that cross ten.

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