Add 12 is the top of the basic range and ends with a pair of twelves that make 24.

Counting on from 12

  1. 13
  2. 14
  3. 15
  4. 16
  5. 17
  6. 18
  7. 19
  8. 20
  9. 21
  10. 22
  11. 23
  12. 24

The answers 13 to 24 run one after another, and the last one, 12 + 12 = 24, is a double.

Tip for the add 12 facts

Add 10 and then 2 in two steps: 12 + 5 is 10 + 5 = 15, then 2 more is 17. The double 6 + 6 = 12 shows where the number comes from.

The 3 hardest facts

Past nineteen the number names change, and 12 + 12 is a big double. Say each as tens and ones: twenty, twenty-one, twenty-four.

Turnaround facts

Swapping the numbers gives the same answer, so each fact below is learned once and used twice.

Play the add 12 facts game

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Questions parents ask

What is the biggest sum in these addition facts?

12 + 12 = 24. Every fact in these pages has a sum of 24 or less, which matches the Basic Facts range for kindergarten to third grade.

How is add 12 different from add 2?

The idea is the same, a small jump, but the answers start at 13. Children who know add 2 can add 10 first and then the 2.