Football Math Worksheets

Press Make a new sheet for new touchdown and field goal stories, or pick a grade's sheet under Sheet type.

6 problems. Touchdowns and field goals: points to multiply. Sheet 9IPRW, with its answer key.

How it works

Football math worksheets built on the game's real numbers. The page opens on touchdowns and field goals for grade 3: six points and three points. The answer key prints as the last page.

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How to print a football math worksheet

The opening sheet multiplies by six and three. Press Make a new sheet for new numbers, then Print. For another grade, open the Sheet type menu: kindergarten adds passes and kicks, and grade 2 adds yards and finds the distance to the goal line. Choose 4, 6 or 8 under Problems.

The football rules on these sheets

This is American football. A touchdown scores six points and a field goal three. After a touchdown a kick adds one point, or a two-point try adds two: the sevens and eights. A team has four downs to gain ten yards, and the goal lines are 100 yards apart.

  • Sevens and eights is a way into two hard tables: every fact on it is a touchdown and its try.
  • The ten-yard stories say exactly ten yards, because a first down needs at least ten.

Questions and answers

How many points is a touchdown worth?

Six. The team then tries for more: a kick adds one point, for seven, or a two-point try adds two, for eight. So 3 touchdowns with kicks are 21 points.

How many points is a field goal?

Three points. Four field goals score 12 points, the same as two touchdowns with no points after them.

How long is a football field?

The two goal lines are 100 yards apart, and an end zone of 10 yards lies behind each one, so the whole field is 120 yards long.

How many players are on the field in football?

Eleven from each team, so 22 players are on the field for a play.

How long is a football game?

Four quarters. They last 15 minutes each in college and professional games, 60 minutes of play, and 12 minutes each in high school games, 48 minutes.

All 15 sheet types

Kindergarten 2

  • Game day in the yard: addition stories within 10 A team scores 3 touchdowns in the first half and 2 in the second, which is 5 touchdowns. These stories count things, not points.
  • Passes and kicks: subtraction stories within 10 A kicker tries 9 kicks and misses 3, so 6 kicks are good. Pupils can draw the kicks and cross out the misses.

Grade 1 2

  • Catching up: football subtraction stories within 20 The scoreboard says 17 to 9, so the teams are 8 points apart. Count up from 9 to 17 to check.
  • Three gains in a row: add three numbers A runner gains 6 yards, then 4 yards, then 7 yards: 6 + 4 is 10, and 7 more is 17 yards.

Grade 2 3

  • A drive down the field: add three gains within 100 A drive gains 25 yards, then 30, then 18: 73 yards in all. The goal lines are 100 yards apart, so no drive here is longer than that.
  • Yards gained: addition stories within 100 A team gains 38 yards by running and 27 by passing, which is 65 yards. Add the tens, then the ones.
  • Yards to the goal line: subtraction stories within 100 A team is 72 yards from the goal line and gains 35, so 37 yards are left to go. Take away 30, then 5.
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Grade 3 4

  • Downs, yards and players: facts to multiply A team must gain ten yards for a first down, so 4 first downs of exactly ten yards are 40 yards. Eleven players a side: 6 teams field 66.
  • Sevens and eights: a touchdown and the try after it A touchdown (6) and the kick after it (1) make seven points; a touchdown and a two-point try make eight. Three sevens are 21.
  • Ten yards at a time: division stories A team gains 70 yards in gains of exactly ten, so it earns 7 first downs: 70 ÷ 10 = 7.
  • Touchdowns and field goals: points to multiply A touchdown scores six points and a field goal scores three. Four touchdowns are 6 × 4 = 24 points, and 5 field goals are 15.

Grade 4 2

  • Team gear: what happens to the remainder? 52 helmets and crates that hold 6: 52 ÷ 6 = 8 R 4, so 9 crates are needed. Each story asks for a different part of the answer.
  • Yards and plays in a season: 2 digits by 1 digit A runner gains 36 yards in every game, which is 252 yards in 7 games. Split it: 7 × 30 = 210 and 7 × 6 = 42.

Grade 5 2

  • A season of yards: divide by 2 digits A runner gains 560 yards in 16 games, the same in every game: 560 ÷ 16 = 35 yards a game. Check with 16 × 35.
  • Stands and seasons: 2 digits by 2 digits 16 sections of the stands each hold 25 fans, which is 400 fans. Use an area model or the standard method.

How this list was compiled: The stories, their wording and the teaching notes are our own work; every team and player is invented and none is named. The numbers are drawn fresh for every sheet and each answer key is worked out from the numbers printed on that sheet. The game is American football, and its rules were checked on 2026-09-30 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football: a touchdown scores six points; a field goal scores three; the try after a touchdown is a kick for one point, usually called the extra point, or a play from scrimmage for two points, the two-point conversion; the offense has four downs to move the ball ten yards or more; the goal lines are 100 yards apart; a game has four quarters; each team has eleven players on the field. Every other number in a story (yards gained, plays, fans, programs) is invented. Licence: own work