Math Worksheet with Flowers: Trade Pictures for Numbers

On this worksheet the child becomes a code-cracker who also calculates. A short key tells what each picture of Flowers is worth, and a column of expressions asks the child to put those values to use. Each sentence mixes addition and subtraction across several symbols, so the child substitutes a number for every picture, then solves from left to right. The totals climb toward forty, which makes this solid Grade 2 work: more than one operation, real numbers, and a result the child writes down with confidence. The pictures of Flowers give the page a playful face, but the thinking underneath is true arithmetic. As the child solves each expression, they grow surer at swapping symbols for values and carrying out adding and subtracting in a single, tidy problem.

Here the expressions grow to three symbols, so the child substitutes three values and works through both adding and subtracting in one sentence. Reading the key for the Flowers, swapping each in, and solving from left to right is satisfying two-step practice. The answers reach into the twenties and thirties, keeping the calculation squarely at Grade 2.

If your child enjoys this math worksheet with Flowers, there is plenty more to solve, at a pace that feels right. You can print the worksheet as a PDF to work on paper, or play the interactive version online, always free and with no sign-up. There are no timers and no scores: each child substitutes, adds, and subtracts in their own time, with warmth and no shame about a tricky problem. When this is easy, try a symbol math worksheet with Flowers that uses longer expressions, or solve the same key with a fresh set of pictures. You can also browse every math worksheet to keep the adding and subtracting going, steadily and at your child's own pace.