Find the Missing Numbers Worksheet

Kids can count smoothly and still freeze when a blank shows up in the middle. This page keeps the job small: fill the missing numbers in four short counting rows, then complete an addition or subtraction equation with one missing number.

It fits first graders who can count forward by ones and are starting to read number sentences. The numbers stay short enough for finger counting, table counting, or quiet mental checking, which helps a seven-year-old focus on what number is missing instead of managing a long page.

As your child works, ask, “What comes before the blank? What comes after it?” For the equations, read the whole sentence aloud, including the blank, and let them test a number. If numeral reading is the slow part, pause with this number cards reading worksheet before trying again, because it practices reading the numbers by themselves.

Sit nearby with a pencil and let mistakes stay visible long enough to talk through them. A good next step is to choose one completed row and count it aloud from start to finish, then try tens and ones number cards when two-digit numbers need a little more place-value support.