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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The Mathematical Easter Egg Hunt – Whole Class Game
A differentiated whole class Easter egg hunt.
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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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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 10-50)
Use a range of addition and subtraction strategies to solve twenty word problems that contain numbers 10–50.
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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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Exploring Subtraction Strategies PowerPoint
A 41-slide teaching presentation to use when exploring subtraction strategies.
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Subtraction Bingo - Numbers 0-60
32 different bingo cards using subtraction and numbers from 0-60.
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Number Ladders
Blank number ladders with space for sums.
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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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Bar Model Poster Pack
The Bar Model is a teaching and learning strategy for mathematical problem solving which can be applied to all operations.
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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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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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Making Monsters Subtraction - Worksheet
Have some spooky subtraction fun with three differentiated Halloween subtraction worksheets.
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Order of Operations Dice Game
A set of 6 order of operations dice activity mats.
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Year 6 Numeracy Exit Tickets – Worksheets
23 Numeracy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
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Linking Addition and Subtraction Worksheet
A worksheet designed to explore the relationship between addition and subtraction.
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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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Number Worksheets - Addition and Subtraction - Year 1
10 addition and subtraction worksheets linked to the National Curriculum in England.
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BODMAS Poster
A poster highlighting the acronym for BODMAS.
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BIDMAS/BIMDAS Poster
A poster highlighting the acronym for BIDMAS/BIMDAS.
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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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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 Sausage Dog – Worksheet
A set of superb subtraction sausage dog worksheets.
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Number Talks - Balancing Equations Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 40 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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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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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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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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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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Christmas Maths Mazes – Addition and Subtraction
Navigate these Christmas maze worksheets with some simple addition and subtraction to keep those KS1 minds active!