Little Math Stories Addition Worksheet

The Little Math Stories worksheet is a first grade math printable with three picture story problems. Children read about flowers, apples, and rabbits, then solve addition and subtraction word problems within 20. The page asks children to find totals after more are added and to find what remains after some are taken away.

At age 7, many children know basic facts but still stall when math is hidden inside a sentence. The tricky part is often deciding whether the story means add or subtract. Short, familiar stories help children connect action words like puts in, takes away, and hop in with the correct operation.

A parent or teacher can sit beside the child and read each story out loud once. Ask the child to circle the action words, point to the picture, and say whether the number should get bigger or smaller before writing an answer. For the flowers story, children combine 1 and 16. For the apples story, children take 13 away from 18. For the rabbits story, children add 13 and 4.

The worksheet is useful because each problem feels like a tiny scene instead of a plain list of facts. The pictures give children something concrete to talk about, while the numbers still give real first grade practice. The mix of addition and subtraction keeps children thinking about meaning, not just guessing the same operation again and again.