Picture Story Problems
Grown-ups: read each story out loud. Kids: use the pictures to find the answer. Cross off the ones that leave!
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How to do it
- Listen to the story.
- Use the pictures to show what happens.
- Write the answer in the box.
Teaching tip
Ask "Did more come, or did some leave?" before your child starts counting. This sheet is aligned with Common Core K.OA.A.2.
About this worksheet
Short animal stories to read aloud, with pictures to count and cross off. Some add and some take away.
What kids practice
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 =.
Watch for
- 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.
It's free to print, with Fewer, Standard or More on the page and an answer key. See the full adding and taking away within 10 guide for kindergarten.
More sheets in this set
- See it all
1. Adding and Taking Away ChartPicture examples of 3 + 2 = 5 and 5 - 2 = 3, plus what the +, - and = signs mean. 
2. Put Them TogetherRows of two picture groups to count and add, with a number sentence to finish.
3. 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.
5. Color by AnswerA mystery picture made of squares with adding facts to 5. Each answer tells which color to use.