Subtraction Teaching Resources
A collection of teaching resources to use when your students are learning to subtract numbers and apply subtraction strategies. Use the educational posters as visual stimulus in your primary classroom. Also provided are hands-on learning activities, resource packs for parents, games, worksheets and maths worksheet generator and maths mentals widgets. These widgets allow you to customise daily worksheets and quizzes for your students, using the number range of your choice. Use the pre and post tests to ascertain each student's prior knowledge before starting a subtraction or operations unit of work.
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Number Worksheets - Addition and Subtraction - Year 1
10 addition and subtraction worksheets linked to the National Curriculum in England.
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The Subtraction Algorithm – Teaching Presentation
Use this animated PowerPoint with your students when learning how to use the subtraction algorithm and borrowing.
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Addition and Subtraction Minute Maths Booklet
A maths warm-up booklet with ten pages of addition and subtraction questions.
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Bump! – Subtraction to 10 Game
A board game to practise subtraction facts to 10.
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Year 2 Numeracy Exit Tickets – Worksheets
35 Numeracy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
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Christmas Code Cracker Whole Class Game
A whole class game that consolidates your students’ knowledge with Christmas fun!
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Apple Tree Addition and Subtraction Mats
Solve addition and subtraction problems up to 10 with a hands-on apple maths centre.
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Subtraction Strategies – Classroom Poster Pack
Remind your pupils of the many subtraction strategies with a printable subtraction anchor chart display.
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Dominate the Dragon – Mental Maths Worksheets
Capture your students' interest in maths drills for all four operations with these fun dragon-themed differentiated maths worksheets.
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Christmas Maths Mazes – Addition and Subtraction
Navigate these Christmas maze worksheets with some simple addition and subtraction to keep those KS1 minds active!
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Spooky Subtraction Colour by Number Worksheet
Bring some spooky maths fun into the classroom with a Halloween colour-by-number worksheet focused on subtracting four-digit numbers.
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Addition and Subtraction Word Problem Task Cards (Numbers 1-9)
Use a range of addition and subtraction strategies to solve twenty single-digit word problems.
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Addition and Subtraction Problem Solving Task Cards
Practice solving 1- and 2-step word problems by adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers with this set of 16 task cards.
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Year 3 Numeracy Exit Tickets – Worksheets
21 Numeracy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
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Year 1 Numeracy Exit Tickets – Worksheets
18 Numeracy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
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Exploring Subtraction Strategies PowerPoint
A 41-slide teaching presentation to use when exploring subtraction strategies.
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Number Worksheets - Addition and Subtraction - Year 2
8 addition and subtraction worksheets linked to the National Curriculum in England.
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Addition and Subtraction Regrouping
An addition and a subtraction poster that break down the steps to use regrouping to find a solution.
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Lady Beetle Adding Activity
A fun and simple adding activity to consolidate simple addition.
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Five Wonders Theme Park: Induction Booklet – Project
A project where students study the Five Wonders Theme Park stimulus poster to understand and use real world learning skills.
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Maths Warm Ups Interactive PowerPoint - Year 1
A PowerPoint providing a series of warm up activities for Year 1 students across the curriculum.
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Addition and Subtraction Fact Families PowerPoint
A 19 page editable PowerPoint to use in the classroom when introducing addition and subtraction fact families.
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Number Talks - Making Numbers Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 20 task cards.
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Number Talks - Fluency to 20 Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 24 task cards.
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Number Talks - Double Digit Subtraction Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 24 task cards.
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Addition and Subtraction Word Problem Task Cards (Numbers 1-50)
Use a range of addition and subtraction strategies to solve twenty word problems that contain numbers 1–50.
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Maths Symbols Posters with Vocabulary
Pupils can often identify the mathematical symbol, but what about all of the different names for it?
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Subtraction Mental Computation Flashcards
Build up your students' mental maths skills with a set of 36 subtraction flashcards using one- and two-digit numbers.
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Mental Maths Subtraction Posters
Use this set of subtraction posters in your classroom when teaching different mental maths strategies.
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Candy Cane Activity – 2 Digit Subtraction Tarsia Puzzle
Practise two-digit subtraction with regrouping with a Tarsia Puzzle candy cane activity.
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Spooky 3-Digit Subtraction – Halloween Maths Game for Lower Key Stage 2
Practise triple-digit subtraction with regrouping with an exciting hidden picture Halloween Maths Game.
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Spooky 3-Digit Subtraction – Maze Game
Practise three-digit subtraction with regrouping skills with printable Halloween Subtraction Maze worksheets.