Three numbers, two signs, one running total
10 − 3 + 8 is the first calculation a child meets that is longer than one fact. The skill is holding the total in your head while the next sign changes direction — and getting the middle wrong spoils the end.
Left to right, one step at a time.
A mixed addition and subtraction worksheet generator, printable as a PDF. Pick the range — within 10, 20 or 100 — and three or four numbers to a row, and generate. Thirty problems a page in three columns, each with a box for the answer. The range applies to every number the child passes through, not only the ones printed: 7 + 7 − 2 ends at 12 but stops at 14 on the way, so it never turns up on a within-10 sheet. Nothing drops below one, and rows that do nothing — adding a number and taking the same one straight back — are left off.
1 token a sheet, fewer in batches.
US Letter PDF — prints on any home printer.
Start
With the first number in the row.
Step
Do the first sign and keep the total in your head.
Finish
Carry on to the last sign and write where you land.
Numbers within
Every number the child passes through stays in range, not just the ones printed — and never drops below one.
Numbers in a row
Your worksheet lands here — download, print, or email it.