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More or fewer prints eight pairs of picture groups for kindergarten. Each pair draws two different objects, one to ten of each, and the two groups never hold the same number. Your child counts each group, writes how many on the line under it, then writes the bigger number in the box. The answer key gives both counts and the larger one.

Free printable PDF worksheet, aligned to Common Core K.CC.C.6, K.CC.B.5.

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The kind of problems you'll get

Count each group and write how many. Which group has more? Write its number.

  1. One group has 4. The other has 7.

    Answer: 7 has more

Most problems on this sheet sit beside a picture, model or diagram, so this is the worked example the sheet itself prints. The answer key on page two prints the answer under every problem.

Every print pulls a fresh set of problems at this level, so a make-up test or a second sibling never gets the same sheet.

What's on each sheet

Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key after the problems.

This sheet is one of the versions on the Kindergarten comparing numbers to 10 page, with its own difficulty choices and its own answer key.

How to teach this

Have your child count the left group first and write the number before looking at the right one. Holding two counts in your head at once is what makes this hard at five, and a written number holds the first one still while your child counts the second. When both numbers are down, ask which is bigger rather than which group looks bigger. Eight small buttons take up less room than six cars, and a child who judges by the space it fills will get those pairs wrong. K.CC.C.6 is exactly this step: compare two groups by counting them, not by looking. Some pairs are far apart, some differ by one, and the bigger group is on the left about half the time.

Watch for: Kids pick the group that covers more paper. Two big kites beat five small beads on looks alone, so make them count both and compare the numbers they wrote. Kids write the difference instead of the larger count. The box asks how many are in the bigger group, not how many more it has.

Common questions about kindergarten more or fewer

Are the pictures the same every time?
No. Each print deals a different pair of objects to every card, and the numbers change too, so printing it again gives your child a fresh sheet rather than the one they just did.
Can the two groups ever be equal?
No. Every pair on this sheet has a bigger group, so there is always a number to write in the box. Equal groups and the <, > and = signs are on the compare numbers sheet on the parent page.
My child can count but not write the numerals yet.
Count together and write the numbers for them. Say the two numbers back and let them point at the group with more. Counting and handwriting arrive at different times.

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Aligned to Common Core K.CC.C.6, K.CC.B.5. Reviewed by the One more sheet team. Content version 241, updated September 2026.

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