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20 Challenging Word Problems for Kindergarten

kindergarten word problems

April 12, 2022 //  by Seda Unlucay

These kindergarten-friendly word problems can serve as daily math questions, turned into low prep task cards, incorporated into independent math centers, used as a math warmup, pinned to a math wall or math board, or drawn on math mats.

Why not add some paper manipulatives to make the learning more concrete, reinforce the questions with printable worksheet practice or create a counting book to teach the counting strategy needed to solve the problems?

These real-world problems will develop students' core math skills of addition, subtraction, counting, and comparing while giving them plenty of reading comprehension practice.

1. A clown has 3 balloons. His friend gives him 5 more. How many does he have altogether?

kindergarten word problems

2. Emily saw 9 ladybugs and Alex saw 2 ants. How many insects did they see in all?

kindergarten word problems

3. There were 4 ornaments hanging on the tree. Susan hung 6 more. How many ornaments are on the tree now?

kindergarten word problems

4. A clown has 8 pink balloons. If he gives 3 away, how many balloons will he have left?

kindergarten word problems

5. Sam has 3 more crayons than Bill. Bill has 7 crayons. How many crayons does Sam have?

kindergarten word problems

6. Anna has 9 pink flowers. She then gets 5 yellow flowers. How many more pink ones does she have than yellow ones?

kindergarten word problems

7. 10 squirrels were in the park. 2 squirrels left to find nuts. How many squirrels are still in the park?

kindergarten word problems

8. Kim had 8 cupcakes. She ate 3 of them. How many cupcakes does she have left?

kindergarten word problems

9. There are 5 butterflies sitting on a flower. 2 butterflies are blue and the rest are orange. How many are orange?

kindergarten word problems

10. Tom has 9 marbles. If he gives away 3 marbles, how many marbles will he have left?

kindergarten word problems

11. There were 7 raindrops on a leaf. 4 of the raindrops fell off the leaf. How many raindrops are left on the leaf?

kindergarten word problems

12. There are 6 cats in the backyard. 2 of the cats are brown. The rest are yellow. How many cats are yellow?

kindergarten word problems

13. Rob ate 10 candies. Brad ate 4. Who ate more candies? How many more did they eat?

kindergarten word problems

14. Tim wants 10 toy cars. He already has 7 toy cars. How many more toy cars does he need?

kindergarten word problems

15. There were 5 cakes at the party. Some guests brought more cakes. Now there are 9 cakes. How many cakes were brought to the party?

kindergarten word problems

16. Kate has 3 seashells. Jill has 6 seashells. Dan has 2 seashells. How many seashells do they have altogether?

kindergarten word problems

17. Molly has 5 cats, 2 dogs, and 1 hamster. How many pets does she have?

kindergarten word problems

18. Karen has 10 dolls. Jill has 7 dolls. Who has fewer dolls?

kindergarten word problems

19. Dylan is 10 years old. Sam is 6 years old. Who is older? How much older?

kindergarten word problems

20. Jen has 5 red apples. Peter has 7 red apples. Who has more red apples?

kindergarten word problems

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