The numbers are all there. The steps are the puzzle
Most first math sheets ask for the answer, which a child can reach by counting on fingers and never look at again. This asks what was done — 4, then 9: how far was that? — so the same fact has to be held from both ends.
Which jump got you there?
A missing number worksheet generator, printable as a PDF. Pick numbers to 5, 10 or 20 and generate. Each row is a line of numbers joined by arrows, with a plus or a minus over every arrow and an empty box beside it. Every number in the row is printed, so a wrong answer in one box never spoils the rest of the line — a child can miss the third arrow and still get the fourth. Ten rows a sheet, new numbers every time, and the answer key fills every box.
1 token a sheet, fewer in batches.
US Letter PDF — prints on any home printer.
Look
Two numbers side by side, with an arrow between them.
Count
How far is it from one to the other — and which way?
Write
Put that number in the box over the arrow.
Numbers up to
To 5 and to 10 are four arrows a row; to 20 is five, and the steps get bigger.
Your worksheet lands here — download, print, or email it.