Adding and taking away within 10 worksheets
Aligned with Common Core K.OA.A.2
Printable kindergarten addition and subtraction worksheets: an adding and taking away chart, put them together, picture take-away, read-aloud story problems and a color-by-answer mystery picture.
The worksheets
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Adding and Taking Away Chart
Picture examples of 3 + 2 = 5 and 5 - 2 = 3, plus what the +, - and = signs mean.
Put Them Together
Rows of two picture groups to count and add, with a number sentence to finish.
Uh Oh, Some Go Away!
Six picture boxes where some bugs fly away, fish swim away or cupcakes get eaten. Kids cross off and write how many are left.
Picture Story Problems
Short animal stories to read aloud, with pictures to count and cross off. Some add and some take away.
Color by Answer
A mystery picture made of squares with adding facts to 5. Each answer tells which color to use.
Print the whole packet
One copy of every sheet above, in order. Tap + for more copies (up to 10).
For the parent or teacher
What it is
Adding means putting groups together to find how many in all. Taking away means some leave and you find how many are left. Kindergartners solve small problems within 10 with pictures and objects, and start to read and write number sentences with +, - and =.
What comes next
Teen numbers.
How to teach it
- Act it out. Three toy cars, two more drive up. How many now?
- Cross off the ones that go away, then count what is left.
- Read story problems out loud. Kids at this age are just starting to read, so listening is the skill here.
- Practice the small facts to 5 often. Quick games and the color-by-answer page help them stick.
Common mistakes
- Counting the crossed-off pictures as still there.
- Adding when the story says some went away.
- Starting the count over from 1 every time instead of counting on.