Little Math Stories Addition and Subtraction Worksheet

Kids can follow a story out loud and still stall when the numbers hit the page. This Little Math Stories worksheet gives that moment a gentle place to practice. The page has three short picture stories: 5 flowers with 4 more added, 7 rabbits with 6 hopping away, and 4 apples with 5 more added. Each one ends with a question, so your child can read, count, and write the answer.

It fits a kindergartner who is beginning to understand addition as putting more with a group and subtraction as taking some away. If reading the sentences is still tiring, read them together. Let your child point to the starting number, the change number, and the action words before trying the answer.

Work through one story at a time. Use fingers, buttons, cereal pieces, or quick dots on scrap paper to act out the flowers, rabbits, and apples. Ask, “Are we adding more or taking some away?” Then have your child count the final group and write the number in the answer space.

For a next step, try another addition and subtraction story worksheet so the same idea feels familiar in a new set of problems. When your child is ready to think about number size, the greater, smaller, equal numbers worksheet gives practice comparing numbers after counting.