Word Problems Chart
Read the story. Draw it. Write a number sentence. Solve it.
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How to do it
- Read the story.
- Draw it.
- Write the number sentence and solve.
Teaching tip
Ask "Are we putting together, taking away or comparing?" before solving. This sheet is aligned with Common Core 1.OA.A.1.
About this chart
Adding, taking away and comparing stories, each with a picture, a number sentence and clue words.
What kids practice
Word problems are short stories with a math question at the end. The hard part isn't the math. It's working out what is happening in the story and whether to add or subtract. Pictures help kids see the story before they write any numbers.
Watch for
- Grabbing the numbers and adding them without reading the story.
- Treating "how many more" as adding. It's asking for the difference between two amounts.
- Writing only the answer, which makes mistakes hard to find.
It's free to print, as many copies as you need. See the full word problems with pictures guide for 1st grade.
More sheets in this set
2. Adding StoriesFour short adding stories with pictures and a number sentence to fill in.
3. Take-Away StoriesFour short take-away stories. Cross out the pictures that leave, then write the number sentence.
4. How Many More?Four comparing stories with two picture rows lined up so kids can see the difference.
5. Adding Three NumbersFour stories with three groups to add. Matches 1.OA.A.2.