Cover of the Sports Day Add and Take Away activity book: children running and cheering at a school sports day with a winners' podium

Free Sports Day Add and Take Away Activity Book for Grade 1

A sports day full of sums. Children add by counting footballs, rugby balls and cones, take away by crossing out trainers and whistles, then try ways to make 10, doubles, number-line jumps and colour-by-answer trophies and medals. It is a friendly first book of adding and taking away for Grade 1.

Grade
Grade 1
Pages
A cover and 14 activity pages, on A4 paper
Cost
Free, no sign-up

What is inside the Sports Day Add and Take Away activity book

Here is every page in the book. Download the PDF to print them at full size.

  • Sports Day Add and Take Away activity page: the sum 2 + 3 = 5 with two footballs above three footballs to count
    2 + 3 footballs
  • Sports Day Add and Take Away activity page: the sum 5 + 4 = 9 with five rugby balls above four rugby balls to count
    5 + 4 rugby balls
  • Sports Day Add and Take Away activity page: the sum 6 + 4 = 10 with six balls above four balls to count
    6 + 4 balls
  • Sports Day Add and Take Away activity page: the sum 8 + 6 = 14 with eight cones above six cones to count
    8 + 6 cones
  • Sports Day Add and Take Away activity page: the take-away sum 5 − 2 = 3 with five trainers, two of them crossed out
    5 − 2 trainers
  • Sports Day Add and Take Away activity page: the take-away sum 9 − 3 = 6 with nine whistles, three of them crossed out
    9 − 3 whistles
  • Sports Day Add and Take Away activity page: the take-away sum 12 − 4 = 8 with twelve rounded squares, four of them crossed out
    12 − 4 bean bags
  • Sports Day Add and Take Away activity page: the take-away sum 15 − 6 = 9 with fifteen balls, six of them crossed out
    15 − 6 balls
  • Sports Day Add and Take Away activity page: two rows of ten balls to colour for 7 + 3 and 6 + 4
    Ways to make 10
  • Sports Day Add and Take Away activity page: medals and trophies in two equal groups for the doubles 3 + 3 and 6 + 6
    Double it
  • Sports Day Add and Take Away activity page: a large trophy with sums on it and a key such as 5 = yellow and 10 = green
    Colour the trophy
  • Sports Day Add and Take Away activity page: a large medal with sums on it and a key such as 12 = yellow and 18 = red
    Colour the medal
  • Sports Day Add and Take Away activity page: three number lines for adding and taking away by jumping, such as 3 + 4 and 15 − 6
    Jump along the track
  • Sports Day Add and Take Away activity page: a grid of sums where the medals that make 10 lead from a trainer to a trophy
    Run to the trophy
  1. Press Download the PDF. The file is saved on your device as “AlignWellz Sports Day Add and Take Away Activity Book (Grade 1).pdf”.
  2. Open the PDF and choose Print. Use A4 paper and “Fit to page” so nothing is cut off.
  3. Print the whole book, or type the page numbers you want. Page 1 is the cover, and the activity pages follow it.
  4. No printer nearby? Press Read online to look at the pictures on screen, or print only the pages you like later.

Ideas for using Sports Day Add and Take Away together

  • Use real balls or pebbles to act out each sum before writing the answer.
  • Talk about take away as crossing out: how many are left?
  • Race a friend along the number-line page and say each jump aloud.

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