Spring Math Worksheets With Garden, Rain and Nest Stories

Pick garden or nest stories by grade under Sheet type, press Make a new sheet for new numbers, then Print.

6 problems. Spring garden addition stories within 20. Sheet 6PKP9W, with its answer key.

How it works

These spring math worksheets are story problems about seeds, tulips, rain and nests, with no holiday named. The page opens on grade 1 addition within 20, and the Sheet type menu holds 16 sheets from kindergarten to grade 5.

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How to make a spring math worksheet

The page opens on Spring garden addition stories within 20, such as 7 bean seeds and 8 pea seeds. Rainy day subtraction is next in the menu: it rained on 6 of the last 14 days, so how many stayed dry? Choose 4, 6 or 8 under Problems, press Make a new sheet, then Print. The answer key follows on its own page.

From counting fish to a tulip farm

Kindergarten counts fish, leaves and balls, then subtracts hatching eggs within 10. Grade 2 subtracts caterpillars that have made a chrysalis. Grade 3 multiplies the four wings of a butterfly and the six legs of an insect. Grade 5 multiplies 25 rows of 32 tulips.

  • Plant bean seeds the same week. Pupils count their own sprouted seeds, then meet the same subtraction on the grade 1 and grade 2 sheets.
  • After the grade 3 fact sheet, pupils draw the four stages of a butterfly: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and adult.

Questions and answers

When does spring start in 2027?

In the Northern Hemisphere, astronomical spring starts at the March equinox: March 20, 2027, at 20:25 Universal Time, which is 4:25 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Weather services count spring from March 1 to May 31.

How many eggs does a robin lay?

An American robin lays three to five blue eggs in a clutch. They hatch after 14 days, the chicks leave the nest about two weeks later, and a pair raises two or three broods a year.

How many legs does an insect have?

Six, in three pairs, on a body of three parts. Bees, ladybugs and butterflies are all insects. A spider has eight legs, so it is not one.

All 16 sheet types

Kindergarten 4

  • At the park: count the leaves and balls in all 4 leaves and 3 balls make 7 in all. Sums stay within 8.
  • Bird nest subtraction stories within 10 8 eggs are in the nests and 3 hatch, so 5 have not hatched. Act it out with counters in a paper cup nest.
  • Flower pot addition stories within 10 3 red tulips and 4 yellow tulips make 7 tulips. Pupils draw a circle for each flower.
  • Pond fish: count how many fish in all A row of 5 fish and a row of 2 fish make 7 fish. Pupils touch each fish once and say the number aloud.

Grade 1 3

  • Rainy day subtraction stories within 20 It rained on 6 of the last 14 days, so 8 days stayed dry. Count up from 6 to 14 to check.
  • Spring garden addition stories within 20 7 bean seeds and 8 pea seeds are 15 seeds. Use doubles: 7 + 7 = 14, and one more is 15.
  • Tulips, daffodils and daisies: add three numbers A bunch has 8 tulips, 2 daffodils and 5 daisies, which is 15 flowers. Make ten with 8 + 2, then add 5.
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Grade 2 2

  • Butterfly garden subtraction stories within 100 The butterfly garden had 63 caterpillars and 27 have made a chrysalis, so 36 are still caterpillars. Open a ten first, because 3 ones are too few to take 7 from.
  • Seed tray addition stories within 100 The first tray has 36 seeds and the second has 28, which is 64 seeds. Add the ones first and carry the ten.

Grade 3 3

  • Butterfly wings and insect legs: facts to multiply A butterfly has four wings, so 7 butterflies have 28 wings. An insect has six legs, so 8 bees have 48 legs.
  • Garden rows: multiplication stories 6 rows with 7 bean plants in each row hold 42 plants. A garden bed is an array: rows times plants in a row.
  • Sharing the seeds: division stories within 100 48 seeds shared equally among 6 pupils is 8 seeds each. The matching fact is 6 × 8 = 48.

Grade 4 2

  • Plant sale multiplication: 2 digits by 1 digit 8 seed trays with 36 cells each have 288 cells: 8 × 30 = 240 and 8 × 6 = 48.
  • Seedling trays and egg cartons: what happens to the remainder? 50 seedlings go home in trays that hold 6 each. That takes 9 trays, because 50 ÷ 6 = 8 R 2 and the last 2 seedlings still need a tray.

Grade 5 2

  • Garden center division: divide by 2 digits 432 seedlings planted in trays of 24 fill 18 trays. Estimate first: 400 ÷ 20 = 20.
  • Tulip farm multiplication: 2 digits by 2 digits A tulip farm has 25 rows of 32 tulips, which is 800 tulips. Split it: 20 × 32 = 640 and 5 × 32 = 160.

How this list was compiled: The stories, their wording and the teaching notes are our own work. The numbers are drawn fresh for every sheet and each answer key is worked out from the numbers printed on that sheet. Two facts were checked on 2026-09-20: a butterfly has four wings and a life cycle of four stages, egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and adult (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly), and an insect has six legs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect). Seed, flower, egg and kite numbers are invented for the stories. Grade labels follow the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, read on 2026-09-20 in the California Department of Education copy, https://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/ccssmathstandardaug2013.pdf. Licence: own work