Winter Math Worksheets With Snowman, Mitten and Cocoa Stories

Press Make a new sheet for new numbers in the same snowman, mitten and cocoa stories; the key prints too.

6 problems. Snowman buttons and snowballs: count how many in all. Sheet 616AXC, with its answer key.

How it works

These winter math worksheets are story problems about snowmen, mittens, sleds and hot cocoa, with no holiday named. The page opens on a kindergarten counting sheet, and the Sheet type menu holds 16 sheets up to grade 5.

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How to make a winter math worksheet

The page opens on Snowman buttons and snowballs: pupils count a row of each and write how many in all. Open the Sheet type menu for other grades: grade 3 multiplies the six arms of a snow crystal, and grade 5 has 14 snow plows that each clear 26 miles. Choose 4, 6 or 8 under Problems, press Make a new sheet, then Print. The answer key follows on its own page.

Snowman math worksheets

Four sheets are about snowmen. Kindergarten counts snowman buttons and subtracts melting snowmen, such as 8 − 3. Grade 1 has Snowman addition within 20 and Dressing the snowman, which adds 3 buttons, 7 stones and 6 twig fingers.

  • Winter math worksheets, kindergarten: two picture sheets count buttons, snowballs and blocks, and two story sheets add mittens and subtract melting snowmen within 10.
  • After the grade 3 fact sheet, fold and cut a paper snowflake with six points, like the six arms of a snow crystal.

Questions and answers

When does winter start in 2026?

In the Northern Hemisphere, astronomical winter starts at the December solstice: December 21, 2026, at 20:50 Universal Time, which is 3:50 p.m. Eastern. Weather services count winter from December 1 to the end of February.

How many sides does a snowflake have?

Six. A snow crystal starts as a tiny hexagon, and six arms grow from its corners. The arms are never perfectly alike, and now and then a crystal with three or twelve branches turns up.

Are there winter math worksheets without Christmas?

Yes, all 16. The stories are about snow, mittens, sleds, cocoa and a coat drive, and none names a holiday. The Christmas page of this set has its own sheets.

All 16 sheet types

Kindergarten 4

  • Melting snowmen: subtraction stories within 10 8 snowmen stand in the park and 3 melt, so 5 are left. Ten counters act it out.
  • Mittens and snowballs: addition stories within 10 4 red mittens and 3 blue mittens are 7 mittens. Read the story aloud and let pupils draw a circle for each mitten.
  • Snow fort blocks: count how many blocks in all A bottom row of 4 blocks and a top row of 2 make 6 blocks. Sums stay within 8.
  • Snowman buttons and snowballs: count how many in all 4 buttons and 3 snowballs make 7 in all. Pupils touch each picture once and say the number aloud.

Grade 1 3

  • Dressing the snowman: add three numbers A snowman has 3 buttons, 7 stones in its smile and 6 twig fingers, which is 16 things. Make ten with 3 + 7, then add 6.
  • Hot cocoa subtraction stories within 20 15 marshmallows were in the bag and 8 went into the cocoa, so 7 are left. Count up from 8 to check.
  • Snowman addition stories within 20 The class builds 9 snowmen before lunch and 6 after, which is 15. Make ten first: 9 + 1 + 5.
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Grade 2 2

  • Sledding hill addition stories within 100 36 sled rides in the morning and 47 in the afternoon make 83 rides. Add the ones first and carry the ten.
  • Snowflake window subtraction stories within 100 The class cut out 72 snowflakes and taped up 38, so 34 are left. Open a ten first, because 2 ones are too few to take 8 from.

Grade 3 3

  • Mitten racks and cocoa trays: multiplication stories 6 trays with 8 mugs of cocoa on each hold 48 mugs. Each tray is one equal group.
  • Sharing the snowballs: division stories within 100 42 snowballs shared equally by 6 forts is 7 snowballs each. The matching fact is 6 × 7 = 42.
  • Snowflake arms and mitten pairs: facts to multiply A snow crystal has six arms, so 7 crystals have 42 arms. The sheet practices the 2, 3, 6 and 7 times tables.

Grade 4 2

  • Ski hill multiplication: 2 digits by 1 digit A chair lift carries 36 skiers each trip, so 7 trips carry 252: 7 × 30 = 210 and 7 × 6 = 42.
  • Sled rides and cocoa mugs: what happens to the remainder? 52 children ride a sleigh that holds 8. They need 7 rides, because 52 ÷ 8 = 6 R 4 and the last 4 children still ride.

Grade 5 2

  • Coat drive division: divide by 2 digits 384 coats packed 16 to a bin fill 24 bins. Estimate first: 400 ÷ 20 = 20.
  • Snow plow multiplication: 2 digits by 2 digits A town's 14 snow plows each clear 26 miles of road, which is 364 miles. Split it: 10 × 26 = 260 and 4 × 26 = 104.

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. One fact was checked on 2026-09-20: a snow crystal grows six arms from the corners of a tiny hexagon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake). Mitten, sled, cocoa and snow plow numbers are invented for the stories, and a snowman built from three snowballs is the custom, not a measurement. 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