Subtraction Games and Worksheets
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Our directory of Free Online Subtraction Games and other Math Games - games that teach, build or strengthen your arithmetic math skills and concepts while having fun. We categorize and review the games listed here to help you find the math games you are looking for.
This list of subtraction games and worksheets will help increase your subtraction skills.
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This comprehensive subtraction game collection guides learners through a structured developmental pathway—from early concrete “take-away” visual models and ten-frame strategies to inverse addition-subtraction relationships, multi-digit column regrouping, and complex multi-step word problems.
| 1. Foundational Subtraction & Visual Models |
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| Understanding the “take away” concept using pictures, objects, and visual frames. |
| Cross-Out/Take-Away Visuals: Interactive visual subtraction |
| Story Problems (Within 10): Visual and auditory word problems using “taking away” scenarios. |
| Picture Subtraction: Students cross out items to find the remainder. |
| Subtract Objects: Use objects to solve a subtraction equation. |
| Addition & Subtraction Terms:Learn key terms and vocabulary. |
| 2. Ten Frame Subtraction |
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| Use a 2x5 grid to help learners visually & physically understand subtraction by relating numbers to the base-10 system |
| Subtraction within 10 |
| Subtracting from 10 |
| Subtracting within 20 |
| 3. Subtraction Strategies |
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| Building mental math strategies and single-digit subtraction fluency. |
| Think-Addition to Subtract: Using addition facts to solve subtraction. |
| Subtracting 10 from a 2-Digit Number: Mental subtraction of multiples of 10 from two-digit numbers. |
| 4. Subtracting with minuend up to 20 |
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| Subtract 0 |
| Subtract 1 |
| Subtract 2 |
| Subtract 3 |
| Subtract 4 |
| Subtract 5 |
| Subtract 6 |
| Subtract 7 |
| Subtract 8 |
| Subtract 9 |
| Subtract 10 |
| 5. Relating Addition & Subtraction (Inverse Operations) |
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| Understanding that addition and subtraction are inverse operations to solve problems faster and check work. |
| Number Bonds: Choose which number bond to make. |
| Fact Families: Discover the link between addition, subtraction, multiplication, & division. |
| Penguin Addition/Subtraction: Help the baby penguin find its mummy and practice addition & subtraction. |
| One More, One Less: Identify neighboring numbers up to 999. |
| Missing Minuend/Subtrahend: Solving for blank spaces (e.g., 10 - ? = 4) |
| Number Sentences to 10 (Addition & Subtraction to 10) |
| Operator Detective (Which operator is missing?) |
| Balance Game Solve balanced equations (4+6 = 7+?) |
| 6. Developing Subtraction Fluency |
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| Building speed and accuracy with benchmark numbers. |
| Subtract from 10 |
| Subtract from Whole 10 |
| Subtract Whole Tens (80 - 50) |
| Subtract from 100 |
| Subtract from Whole 100 |
| Subtract from Whole 1000 (3000 - 256) |
| Subtraction (Maximum Minuend) |
| 7. Multi-Digit Subtraction (No Regrouping) |
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| 1-Digit Subtraction |
| 2-Digit - 1-Digit |
| 2-Digit - 2-Digit |
| 8. Subtraction with Regrouping |
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| Horizontal Format |
| 2-Digit - 1-Digit |
| 2-Digit - 2-Digit |
| 3-Digit - 1-Digit |
| 3-Digit - 2-Digit |
| Subtract across Zeros |
| 3-Digit Subtraction with Regrouping |
| Vertical Format |
| 2-Digit - 1-Digit Column Subtraction |
| 2-Digit Column Subtraction |
| 3-Digit - 2-Digit Column Subtraction |
| 3-Digit Column Subtraction |
| 4-Digit Column Subtraction |
| Subtract across Zeros |
| 9. Addition/Subtraction Word Problems |
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| Translating written and real-world scenarios into mathematical equations. |
| Part-Part-Whole Bar Models: Use bar models to solve for missing addends. |
| How Many More/Fewer?: Solve comparison word problems within 20. |
| Subtraction Words Turn words into a subtraction sentence |
| Addition/Subtraction Word Problems (1st Grade) |
| Word Problems (Change Unknown) |
| Word Problems (Start Unknown) |
| Addition/Subtraction Word Problems (2nd Grade) |
| 2-Step Addition/Subtraction Word Problems |
| Comparison Word Problems |
Subtraction Games for Kids
- Penguin Addition/Subtraction
- Help the baby penguin find its mummy. Match the baby penguin to the correct adult penguin.
- Column Subtraction
- This resource is designed for demonstration of formal written methods for 2-digit vertical subtraction. The calculation is shown in a horizontal format first as children frequently find it tricky to transcribe one to the other.
- Bottle Take Away
- Why not try singing '21 green bottles', then hide the number on the blackboard to see if the children know the number that is one less. Give each child a drywipe board. Sing the song then pause when you sing '... and if one green bottle should accidentally fall, there'll be...', and the children hold their drywipe board under their noses to show one less.
- Sleepy Farmer's Naughty Sheep
- Subtraction from numbers up to 10. The farmer counts his sheep and falls asleep. Now he's lost some sheep, how many are missing?
- Difference Demonstrator
- Equal Addition Method
- Twilight Take-Away
- The fireflies have been collecting fairy dust. Work out the difference between how much the yellow flies collected and how much the green flies collected. This game uses The Bar Model as an informal calculation strategy to illustrate subtraction as difference.
- Handy Counters
- Model subtraction in a way in which you can see the removed amount.
- Balloon Pop Subtraction
- Pop the balloons so that the number of balloons remaining answers the question.
- Subtracting 0
- Subtracting 1
- Subtracting 2
- Subtracting 3
- Subtracting 4
- Subtracting 5
- Subtracting 6
- Subtracting 7
- Subtracting 8
- Subtracting 9
- Subtracting 10
- Subtraction Facts (Minuend up to 10)
- Subtraction Facts (Minuend up to 18)
- 2 digits – 1 digit (without regrouping)
- 2 digits – 2 digits (without regrouping)
- 3 digits – 2 digits (without regrouping)
- 3 digits – 3 digits (without regrouping)
- 4 digits – 3 digits (without regrouping)
- 4 digits – 4 digits (without regrouping)
- 2 digits – 1 digit (with regrouping)
- 2 digits – 2 digits (with regrouping)
- 3 digits – 2 digits (with regrouping)
- 3 digits – 3 digits (with regrouping)
- 4 digits – 3 digits (with regrouping)
- 4 digits – 4 digits (with regrouping)
- Bowling Pin Math
- Knock down the bowling pins that meets the criteria of the Math problem.
- Mathbrain
- A series of 25 games with 8 levels of difficulty.
- Speed Math
- Test your speed in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
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