About this worksheet
Six short stories about balloons that pop, ducks that swim away, apples, toy cars, bees and stickers. The child reads each one, writes the number sentence and solves it.
The numbers stay at 15 or below, so the real work is deciding what the story is asking, not the arithmetic. Each story comes with a small picture to help a new reader along.
A child who is still building reading confidence can hear the stories read aloud and do the math on their own.
What students will practice
- Read a short story problem
- Write a subtraction number sentence
- Solve word problems within 20
Details
- Grade level
- Grade 1
- Subject
- Math · Subtraction
- Standard
- CCSS 1.OA.1
- Pages
- 1
- Format
- PDF · US Letter and A4 included
- License
- Free for classroom use · Attribution appreciated
- Last updated
- October 31, 2026
