Standard: Fluency within 20
Steps 1 – 11
#1: 8 + 5 = 13 ➔ (1,0)
#2: 13 − 6 = 7 ➔ (2,0)
#3: 7 + 8 = 15 ↓ (2,1)
#4: 15 − 9 = 6 ← (1,1)
#5: 6 + 8 = 14 ← (0,1)
#6: 14 − 5 = 9 ↓ (0,2)
#7: 9 + 7 = 16 ↓ (0,3)
#8: 16 − 8 = 8 ➔ (1,3)
#9: 8 + 4 = 12 ➔ (2,3)
#10: 12 − 7 = 5 ↑ (2,2)
#11: 5 + 6 = 11 ➔ (3,2)
Steps 12 – 22
#12: 11 − 3 = 8 ↑ (3,1)
#13: 8 + 9 = 17 ↑ (3,0)
#14: 17 − 8 = 9 ➔ (4,0)
#15: 9 + 5 = 14 ➔ (5,0)
#16: 14 − 8 = 6 ➔ (6,0)
#17: 6 + 7 = 13 ➔ (7,0)
#18: 13 − 9 = 4 ↓ (7,1)
#19: 4 + 7 = 11 ← (6,1)
#20: 11 − 4 = 7 ← (5,1)
#21: 7 + 9 = 16 ← (4,1)
#22: 16 − 6 = 10 ↓ (4,2)
Steps 23 – 33
#23: 10 + 5 = 15 ➔ (5,2)
#24: 15 − 9 = 6 ➔ (6,2)
#25: 6 + 8 = 14 ➔ (7,2)
#26: 14 − 7 = 7 ↓ (7,3)
#27: 7 + 5 = 12 ← (6,3)
#28: 12 − 4 = 8 ← (5,3)
#29: 8 + 5 = 13 ← (4,3)
#30: 13 − 8 = 5 ← (3,3)
#31: 5 + 9 = 14 ↓ (3,4)
#32: 14 − 6 = 8 ← (2,4)
#33: 8 + 7 = 15 ← (1,4)
Steps 34 – 44
#34: 15 − 8 = 7 ← (0,4)
#35: 7 + 4 = 11 ↓ (0,5)
#36: 11 − 6 = 5 ↓ (0,6)
#37: 5 + 8 = 13 ➔ (1,6)
#38: 13 − 7 = 6 ➔ (2,6)
#39: 6 + 9 = 15 ➔ (3,6)
#40: 15 − 7 = 8 ➔ (4,6)
#41: 8 + 6 = 14 ➔ (5,6)
#42: 14 − 5 = 9 ➔ (6,6)
#43: 9 + 8 = 17 ➔ (7,6)
#44: FINISH (17) Goal 🏆
Key Distractor Traps to Monitor
15 − 9, students confusing addition and subtraction often calculate 24 or miscount to 7 instead of 6.14 − 6 = 8, students turning right hit distractor 16 rather than turning left into block 8.11 − 6 = 5, students must move downward into (0,6), not rightward into trap 18.Differentiation & Extensions
14 − 8, 13 − 9).Math Maze Odyssey • Elementary Arithmetic Fluency (Grades 1–3) Page 2 of 2 • Teacher Guide