Hey treehuggers, how many trees can you count? Get your kindergartener ready for elementary school math with this introduction to subtraction worksheet.

Even in nature, solving story problems is important. How many apples will be left on a tree if seven are picked?

Use a familiar nursery rhyme to give your students practice with subtraction. They’ll solve subtraction problems within 5 to figure out how many monkeys stayed away from the hungry alligator!

For each problem on this worksheet, kids subtract single-digit numbers to see how many apples are left after someone has had a tasty snack.