Word problem worksheets
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Addition word problems
Grade 1–2
Solve addition word problems by combining amounts
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Word problems worksheets, easiest first
Each sheet assumes the one above it is comfortable. Start where your child is, not at the top.- Addition word problems
Print 7 friends + 4 more = __ - Subtraction word problems
Print 18 − 5 = __ left - Multiplication word problems
Print 3 shelves × 8 = __ - Division word problems
Print 24 shared by 3 = __ - Mixed word problems
Print + − × ÷ in a story - Chickens & rabbits
Print 13 heads, 44 legs → __ rabbits - One equation, two unknowns
Print 15c and 8c → exactly 115c - Three shares from one total
Print 92 sweets, 3× and 2 more → __ - Counting pairs
Print 12 people → __ handshakes - Counting diagonals
Print 20-sided polygon → __ diagonals - Socks in the dark
Print 3 colors → __ socks for a pair - Write your own question
Print answer is "3 coins" → write the question - Things and the gaps between them
Print 5 pieces → __ cuts - The smudged sum
Print 4■ + ■7 = 61 → __ and __ - Sum and difference puzzles
Print add to 20, differ by 6 → __ and __ - What the leftover means
Print 19 eggs, boxes of 3 → __ boxes - A number from its remainders
Print ÷3 rem 2, ÷5 rem 3, ÷7 rem 2 → __ - The number that cannot change
Print 1 to 5, sum minus 1 → __ - What two facts settle
Print 3t + 2c + 1k = 96c → t + c + k = __ - Numbers too big to compute
Print 100 sevens multiplied → last digit __ - Can it be done at all?
Print 11 cups, turn 2 at a time → NEVER - The gap between two squares
Print gap 96, both 10–33 → 14 and 10 - The taking game
Print 20 counters, take 1–3 → take __ first - The hundred lockers
Print 100 lockers, flipped by their divisors → __ open - The painted cube
Print 5×5×5 painted, cut up → __ with 2 faces - Integer triangles
Print whole sides, perimeter 20 → __ triangles - The spider and the fly
Print 3×5×6 box, corner to corner → __ - A diagonal through a box
Print 3×5×6 block, corner to corner → __ cubes - Regions of a circle
Print 6 points, all chords → __ regions - Cake numbers
Print 4 flat cuts → __ pieces - The lazy caterer
Print 3 straight cuts → __ pieces - Lattice paths
Print 3 × 7 grid → __ routes - Counting triangles in a grid
Print 3 × 3 dot grid → __ triangles - Counting rectangles in a grid
Print 4 × 4 dot grid → __ rectangles - Domino tilings
Print 2 × 5 strip → __ tilings - Color it first
Print 6×4, opposite corners cut → NO - Truth-tellers and liars
Print Ana: “Ben and I match” → __ liars - Two jugs and a tap
Print 6L and 11L → exactly 7L - Fewest coins
Print 1c, 4c, 6c → 8c in __ coins - Who am I? number puzzles
Print digits add to 16, multiple of 4 → ____ - The fake coin
Print 9 coins, one light → __ weighings - Two-step word problems
Print 6 × 7, then + 11 = __ - Fraction word problems
Print 3/8 − 2/8 = __ - Decimal word problems
Print $2.75 + $2.25 = __ - Equation word problems
Print x + 12 = 27 - Odd one out
Print 12, 25, 98, 72 - Spot the error
Print Ana wrote 91 + 79 = 160 - Always, sometimes, never
Print "Taking away makes it smaller" - Three-step word problems
Print three steps, one answer - Geometry word problems
Print a rug 4 m by 11 m - Median, mode, and range word problems
Print median of the set = __ - Probability word problems
Print P(red) = __ - Systems of equations word problems
Print x + y = 30, x − y = 6 - Quadratic equation word problems
Print x(x + 4) = 96
A simple way through word problems
The difficulty of a good word problem should live in the reasoning, not the calculation. That is the principle behind every sheet here: numbers stay small and are written as numerals a child can lift straight off the page, so what makes a problem harder is a trickier situation — an unknown in an unusual place, a comparison, a second step — rather than bigger numbers. A child stuck on a word problem is almost never stuck on the adding; they are stuck on what the story is asking.
Why this order works
The skills build in a deliberate order. Addition and subtraction stories come first, then multiplication and division as equal groups shared or grouped, then mixed pages where the child has to choose the operation instead of being told it. Two-step problems are the real jump — the answer to the first calculation is not the answer to the question — and fraction word problems apply all of this to recipes, ribbon, and shared pizza once a child can compute with fractions.