How it works
These Earth Day math worksheets are word problems about trees planted, bottles recycled and bags of litter. The page opens on grade 2 addition within 100, and the Sheet type menu holds 16 sheets from kindergarten to grade 5.
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How to make an Earth Day math worksheet
The page opens on Recycling drive addition stories within 100: room four recycled 34 cans, room five 25 more. Bottle goal subtraction is next in the menu: a school wants 85 bottles and has 48. Choose 4, 6 or 8 under Problems, press Make a new sheet, then Print. The answer key follows on its own page.
From a clean pond to a tree farm
Kindergarten counts fish and leaves, then adds litter within 10. Grade 2 also counts bottle return nickels and dimes. Grade 3 has 8 volunteers plant 6 trees each. Grade 4 packs 86 cans in bags of 8, with 6 left. Grade 5 plants 24 rows of 25 seedlings.
- Count the classroom recycling bin for a week first. Pupils then cross out the numbers in one story and write in their own.
- Tally the cans in bundles of five before the grade 3 fact sheet, which multiplies tally bundles by five and weeks by seven.
Questions and answers
When is Earth Day in 2027?
Thursday, April 22, 2027. Earth Day keeps its date every year, so only the weekday moves: in 2028 it is a Saturday. It was first held on April 22, 1970.
Is Arbor Day the same as Earth Day?
No. National Arbor Day, the tree planting day, is the last Friday in April: April 30 in 2027 and April 28 in 2028. It began in Nebraska in 1872, almost a century before Earth Day.
How much is a bottle deposit?
Most states with a deposit law pay back 5¢ for each can or bottle. Connecticut, Michigan and Oregon pay 10¢. Ten US states have such a law. The grade 2 bottle return sheet counts nickels and dimes like these.