Free printable algebra worksheets
15 print-ready sheets across 6 strands, from comparing two groups to working out the rule that turns one number into another. Free, no account, no ads.
Make an algebra worksheet →Algebra starts long before the letters do
Algebra is not the moment a child meets x. It starts when a child works out what is missing, notices that something repeats, or spots the rule that turns one number into another. These sheets are that work, drawn plainly and printed one idea to a page. There are no letters standing in for numbers here, and no equations to rearrange. Those come later, and they come more easily to a child who has already done this.
A sensible order to print them in
Start where the numbers are still concrete: which group is bigger, what comes next, what repeats. Then move to the sheets that hide something and ask the child to find it. Relationships between numbers come after that, once a child can hold two quantities at once. The rule sheets come last, because working out a rule from examples assumes everything before it.
Printables
Every algebra sheet
Grouped by what the child is actually doing. Each sheet also lives in its own subject area on the printables page.
Comparing and ordering
Which group is bigger, which number comes first, and what sits either side of a number.
Compare the groups
Two groups of pictures side by side. Count both, then circle more, fewer, or same. Within 5 or 10.
Open →
Before and after numbers
One number on its own, with a box on either side. The child writes the number before and the number after. Within 10 or 20.
Open →
Ordering numbers
A row of mixed-up numbers and empty boxes. The child writes them in order, smallest to largest or largest to smallest. Numbers to 10, 20 or 99.
Open →
Sequences and what comes next
Numbers that follow a rule, forwards and backwards, with steps left out for the child to fill.
Repeating patterns
Find the part that repeats, then carry it on.
Unknown values
Something on the page is missing, and what is already there is enough to work it out.
Picture addition
Count two groups of pictures and write how many in all. Sums to 5 is a complete set of the six facts; sums to 10 prints a fresh set with New version.
Open →
Picture subtraction
Some pictures are crossed out. Count what is left and write the answer. Within 5 or 10.
Open →
Missing addend
The first group and the total are shown. The child writes the missing number in the middle box. Totals to 5 or 10.
Open →
Find the missing side
The perimeter is given and one side is marked with a question mark. The child works out how long that side is. Three levels: take the marked sides away, share out a shape whose sides all match, or do it in two steps.
Open →
Relationships between numbers
Two quantities held together at once: rows and columns, fair shares, and facts that come in families.
Fact family triangles
Four triangles, each holding one fact family. The product sits at the top and its two factors at the corners, and the child writes the two multiplication facts and the two division facts that connect them.
Open →
Rows and arrays
Four pictures set out in equal rows. The child writes how many rows there are, how many are in each row, and the multiplication fact those two numbers make. Totals up to 18 or 24, with a fresh set of pictures whenever you want one.
Open →
Daily totals
Four situations. Each shows what is needed for one day and how many days, and the child multiplies to find how many are needed in all. The days are a number, not a picture. New version prints four fresh situations at the same totals.
Open →
Share It Fairly
A picnic blanket with sandwiches and apples on it, and empty plates beside it. The child counts what is there, then shares it equally between the plates. Five sheets, from counting to comparing.
Open →
Rules
Work out the rule that turns one number into another, then use it.
Browse every printable → Counting, addition, geometry and graphs live there too.