Printable Doubles and Near Doubles Worksheets
Printable doubles and near doubles worksheets for 1st and 2nd grade, with an answer key on every sheet. The sets below cover 5 different skills, so you can start where your child actually is. Available as visual guides, word problems, and speed drills.
Targeted Practice by Skill
Doubles to 10
Doubles To 10 Array
Doubles to 10
Doubles To 10 Word Problems
Doubles to 20
Doubles To 20 Array
Doubles to 20
Double It Machine
Doubles to 20
Doubles To 20 Word Problems
Doubles plus one
Doubles Plus One Drill
Doubles plus one
Doubles Plus One Rail
Doubles minus one
Doubles Minus One Drill
Doubles minus one
Doubles Minus One Rail
Use doubles to add
Doubles Beyond Twenty
Use doubles to add
Double The Middle
About Doubles and Near Doubles
What this skill is
Doubles facts (6+6=12) anchor mental addition. Near-doubles (doubles-plus-one or doubles-minus-one) use known doubles to solve adjacent facts (6+7 is 6+6+1=13).
When children learn it
Doubles strategies are taught in 1st and 2nd grade, aligned to 1.OA.C.6.
Teaching Tips
- Memorize basic doubles facts (1+1 through 10+10) with visual picture rhymes.
- For 7 + 8, think double 7 is 14, plus 1 more makes 15.
Common Mistakes
- Adding 2 instead of 1 when using near-doubles strategies.
- Forgetting the core doubles facts (like 7+7=14).
More Addition Concepts
Addition SentencesAddition Within 10Addition with Number LinesNumber BondsAddition Facts to 20Adding Whole Tens and HundredsFact FamiliesMaking the Next TenTwo-Digit AdditionAddition Word ProblemsAdding Three or More NumbersMissing AddendMental AdditionThree-Digit Addition4-Digit AdditionAdding Large Numbers