Little Math Stories Addition and Subtraction Worksheet

Six-year-olds can count a row of objects and still pause when the numbers are tucked inside a story. This printable gives them three short picture stories: 3 apples with 6 added, 4 frogs with 1 jumping away, and 2 rabbits with 2 hopping in. Read each little story together, look at the picture, and answer the question at the end.

This page fits a kindergartener who is ready to connect everyday words like more, adds, takes away, left, and now with addition and subtraction. If reading is still tiring, you can read the sentences aloud while your child tracks the numbers. The math work is noticing what changed and deciding whether to count on or count back.

Keep the pace slow and hands-on. Let your child act out the apples, frogs, or rabbits with counters, buttons, or fingers before saying the answer. Ask what Sam did, or ask whether the group got bigger or smaller. Then have them count the final group and check that the answer matches the story question.

When this feels comfortable, build nearby skills with comparison pages. The bigger, smaller, equal object groups worksheet helps children compare pictured groups before solving change stories, and the greater, smaller, equal number worksheet gives extra number comparison practice for deciding which amount is larger, smaller, or the same.