Find the Missing Number — Vegetables — Grade 1

Find what was taken away — that is the task on every row. The starting group of carrots, peas and a pumpkin and the number left are given; the child fills in how many went. This change-unknown form asks for a little more thought than plain subtraction, because the child works back from the result, and that is exactly the Grade 1 growth it is for. Within-twenty amounts keep it grounded in counting the vegetables, so even the harder reasoning stays something a child can check by hand.

Finding the missing part of a subtraction — how many were taken to reach the result — is a genuine step up from plain take-away, and it is core Grade 1 work. It asks a child to relate subtraction to its inverse, working backward from the result, and keeping the numbers within twenty means they can always check by counting up from what's left.

Children who like vegetables take to the puzzle of working backward, and it suits a child ready for a little more than plain take-away. When this feels easy, try find the missing number with vehicles, or find the missing number with supermarket things. You can also browse every subtraction worksheet or the whole vegetables collection for grade 1 — each sheet prints cleanly in black and white or plays online for free.