Bug Math Practice

These insect-filled math worksheets are perfect for the bug-obsessed child. Try these worksheets and
activities for a fun way to exercise math skills and discover a few new bugs at the same time.
Table of Contents
Preschool Math: Take Away the Bugs
Add and Subtract with Math Bugs
Practice Telling Time with Play Watches: 6 O'Clock
Insect Addition
Practice Patterns: Bugs, Bugs, Bugs
Backyard Bugs
Same Size
Count the Insects 4
Counting: Bees and Butterflies
Counting Dragonflies
Counting Ladybugs
Counting Moths
Counting Bees and Bugs
Insect Counting Worksheet: Wasps and Dragonflies
Insect Counting Worksheet: Butterflies and Cockroaches
Insect Counting Worksheet: Moths and Ladybugs
Counting Butterflies
 Preschool
t ract i o n
Su b
Count the bugs, then cross out the number of bugs you need to subtract. How many do you have left?
Then color in the bugs at the bottom of the page!

7- 4 =

5-4=

4-1=

6-3=

5-2=

8-4=

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Add and Subtract with Math Bugs
Looking for a way to make math practice fun? In this activity, kids get creative using cut-
out paper numbers to design cute insect friends. Turning numbers into art is so much fun,
kids won't realize they're learning number recognition along the way. After the numbers
are done, you can put them together to make unique and memorable equations.

What You Need:

Colored construction paper

Glue stick
Scissors
Markers
Googly eyes (optional)
Pipe cleaners (optional)

What You Do:

1. Help your child draw a number on a piece of construction paper, measuring about
4" by 4". Younger children may have an easier time tracing large number stencils or
templates.
2. Cut the number out. If your child is old enough, have them practice scissor skills by
doing this step themselves. They may need your assistance with some of the trickier
parts.
3. Now it's time to turn that number into a bug! They can use markers to add stripes,
spots, legs, wings, and more. They can also add googly eyes with glue or make antennas and legs with pipe cleaners.
4. Repeat with other numbers and other species of bugs. Try dragonflies, butterflies, ants, caterpillars, grasshoppers, crickets, or beetles.
5. After designing a few math bugs, set them up in an equation. For example, start with a number five firefly and then add a six spider. Use a
marker to draw a plus and equals sign, then design a third number eleven insect. Glue them all onto a piece of construction paper to set up
an artistic equation.

As your child builds their math abilities, continue to help them build new bugs and more complicated equations. This is a sure way to keep the
learning going all year long!
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11
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Watches
Learn how to tell time with these fun watches! Have a grown-up help cut
them out and put them on. For a sturdier watch, print on card stock. Fasten the watch by

✁ Cut slits
sliding the slits together
from top to bottom.

12 12 12 12

✁
11 1 11 1 11 1 11 1
10 2 10 2 10 2 10 2
9 3 9 3 9 3 9 3
8 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
7 5 7 5 7 5 7 5
6 6 6 6

6:45 6:30 6:15 6:00

Cut slits

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 Math
Addition
Count up the critters to complete each addition problem. Then trace
the numbers and write your answers in the empty box.

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 1st
Grade

Math
Pattern Bugs, Bugs, Bugs Pattern
Practice
Look at the patterns below and write the letters
that describe the pattern. See the example.

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Backyard Bugs
When it comes to kids and bugs, there's some kind of magnetic attraction. While they may
seem ho-hum to adults, for example, pill bugs have a way of curling and uncurling that
can keep a kid mesmerized; while a ladybug can charm a whole crowd.

Want to take advantage of these simple thrills while boosting math and science
knowledge at the same time? Try taking a walk outdoors with your Young Biologist, and
give them some practice observing, tallying, and categorizing while you're at it. Here's a
simple hands-on activity to try together.

What You Need:

A patch of bug-filled open space such as a yard, park, or neighborhood garden

Paper
Pencil
Ruler
Clipboard

What You Do:

1. Discuss with your child the type of insects they'd expect to find when you take your
walk. Your child may suggest ants, bees, pillbugs, and butterflies. Make a chart
showing these insects, but also leave some blank spaces for any other bugs you
find along the way. Place the chart on a clipboard so you can walk around and take
notes.
2. Get outdoors, whether it's your yard, a park, or a neighborhood garden. Have your child make a tally mark in the appropriate column each
time they spy an insect. You may want to add an “unknown insect” category to your chart, just in case you come across anything that's not
easily identifiable. While you're walking, take time to observe the insects, noting their size and pattern of movement (flying, crawling, or both).
3. Make a bar graph to show the insects you found. List the types of bugs on the left, and then on the horizontal line, the y-axis, write numbers 0
to the greatest amount you tallied. Using your tally chart, help your child make bars to show the data. For example, if your data shows 4 bees,
have your child draw a bar to number 4 on the graph. Continue until you and your child have represented all of the tally marks on the graph.
4. Discuss the data shown on the graph. Have your child tell you what each bar shows. Ask your child to think about which insects they saw
most or least often. Explain that bar graphs make your comparison of insects easy and fun--and they're also a skill that will show up again
and again later in life.
 LOOKS THE SAME TO ME!
Our garden is full of friends! Look at the picture on the left. Circle the
picture in the row that is the same size as the picture on the left.
 COUNT THE INSECTS
How many insects do you see? Count up how many you
see on each row and write it in the box.

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Bug Math Practice
Counting: Bees and Butterflies
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