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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Drawing the Difference Cards
Use these cards when working with students on finding and calculating the difference between two amounts.
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'What is the Difference?' Cards
Cards for students to visually identify the differences.
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BODMAS Poster
A poster highlighting the acronym for BODMAS.
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Plus One and Minus One Math Machine Worksheet
A worksheet to practise generating a number that is one more than or one less than another number.
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Make Two Math Machine Worksheet
A worksheet to use when practising number patterns.
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Bobby's Board Games – Maths Game Challenge
Challenge students to design and make a maths board game.
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BIDMAS/BIMDAS Poster
A poster highlighting the acronym for BIDMAS/BIMDAS.
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BOMDAS Poster
A poster highlighting the acronym for BOMDAS.
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Lady Beetle Adding Activity
A fun and simple adding activity to consolidate simple addition.
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Jump Strategy Subtraction Game
A fun and challenging game to use when learning how to use the jump strategy to solve subtraction problems.
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Subtraction Bingo - Numbers 0-60
32 different bingo cards using subtraction and numbers from 0-60.
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The Mathematical Easter Egg Hunt – Whole Class Game
A differentiated whole class Easter egg hunt.
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Subtraction by Regrouping Poster
A poster displaying subtraction by regrouping.
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Number Ladders
Blank number ladders with space for sums.
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Basic Subtraction Strategies Posters
A set of four posters with clear examples of subtraction strategies.
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Rainbow Number Facts Board Game
A fun, hands-on board game to consolidate students' understanding of the 'Friends of 10'.
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Maths Mazes (Addition and Subtraction)
A set of puzzling mazes that require addition and subtraction skills to solve.
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Ten Add Bowling Active Learning
A whole class active game that encourages learning through a physical setting.
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Equation Tails Active Learning
A whole class active game that encourages learning through a physical setting.
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Dodging Equations Active Learning
A whole class active game that encourages learning through a physical setting.
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Roll and Colour Worksheet - One More, One Less
An interactive worksheet to practise finding the number that is 1 more and 1 less than a given number.
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Dinosaur Maths - Addition & Subtraction - V2
Solve the addition and subtraction sums to colour in the dinosaur.
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Dinosaur Maths - Addition & Subtraction - V1
Solve the addition and subtraction sums to colour in the dinosaur.
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Mathematics Vocabulary Posters
A teaching resource to help students identify the symbols and associated vocabulary for mathematical operations.
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Simple Addition and Subtraction Questions
A sheet of simple addition and subtraction questions.
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Polygon Puzzles - Subtraction Worksheets with Answers
Line the sum up with the corresponding answer.
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Subtraction Made Easy Poster
Subtraction using the count back strategy.
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Operations of Four Maths Machine Worksheet
A worksheet to use when practising addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
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Polygon Puzzles - Subtraction
A matching game that helps students to develop their subtraction skills.
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Number Talks - Decimal Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 26 task cards.
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Numeracy Working Mats
Numeracy working mats to explore place value, operations and fractions.
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Parts of a Number Sentence (Addition and Subtraction) Posters
Two posters to display in the classroom explaining the elements of addition and subtraction number sentences.