Free teacher web sites for Maths topic ‘Subtraction’

Great blast the ghosts game. Ideal for KS1 plus.

External link: 2 digit minus 1 digit rapid recall

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A great rapid recall activity for children practising subtraction. Great for Ks2.

External link: 3 digit minus 3 digit rapid recall

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Includes subtract 1,2,5,10 and halve numbers. Super! Only works with MS internet explorer.

External link: All the number machines

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Choose to solve questions with numbers 0-20, 0-50 or 0-100 using Addition/Subtraction. Get the monkey across the swamp without being eaten by crocodiles! Available as full-screen or small-screen.

External link: BBC Cross the Swamp game

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Supports a range of maths skills, make the subtraction sums on the scales balance. Super! From Wmnet.

External link: Calc balance - comparing sums

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A tricky old activity - grab the steering wheel and make slight movements to drive your car and hit the target number by adding 1,2 or taking away 1.

External link: Car

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No promotion jokes please. This is a great resource to develop quick fire responses to simple add and subtract sums. We didn't find any sums with double digits in. There are 4 levels - best to have a play - start with level 1 as responses need to be seriously fast - just like your promotional journey to the top.

External link: Climb the greasy pole

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Use this site to practise large numbers that are well rounded, for example 1000-400=?

External link: Conveyor belt sums

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Add, subtract, divide and multiply to hit the target number. Letters are also generated to support Literacy lessons and spelling. A great way to start the day in a different and challenging way each morning.

External link: Countdown target number

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Choose the sums dispenser option. Dispenses very formal sums written in the formal compact style.

External link: Create a host of subtraction, multiplication, addition or division sums

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We love the good old NNS difference activity, which supports subtraction concepts. No frills, less is most definitely more. Scroll down the page to find the -difference- section.

External link: Difference

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HTU-HTU, ThHTU-ThHTU, TU.t-TU.t and finally TU.th-TU.th. Perfect demonstration.

External link: Expanded decomposition (subtraction)

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Lovely games (turtle and fish) encourage the use of small numbers in number sentences. Great for Ks1. Low numbers below 12 are used.

External link: Games for the whiteboard

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Click on the spots to encourage work on addition and subtraction by 1.

External link: Laughs and Giraffes - one less and one more

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Make a sum, then you decide what part of the sum you want to cover - lots of chance for quality questioning here.

External link: Make your own subtraction sum

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Practise against the clock - addition, subtraction, multiplication and division sums. Very customisable e.g. for addition you can select +1 and every sum includes a random number and always +1. Two levels of difficulty and based on a timer. This really is the site for any operation.
Ideal for KS1 and lower KS2.

External link: Maths magician

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Practise against the clock - addition, subtraction, multiplication and division sums. Very customisable ie for addition you can select +1 and every sum includes a random number and always +1. Two levels of difficulty and based on a timer. This really is the site for any operation. Ideal for Ks1 and lower Ks2. Includes an option to throw in all operations or mixed multiplication and division or mixed addition and subtraction.,

External link: Maths magician advanced

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Make techno tortoise move forward 1,5,10 or back on the number line. The jumps are drawn on to show movement. Great.

External link: Number line jumps back and forward in steps of 1,5 or 10.

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Generates large print addition and subtraction arithmetic with a range of coloured backdrops. Arithmetic is generated randomly with each button press to ensure repeatability. The easy subtraction buttons create calculations which do not require decomposition (borrowing etc) while the hard subtraction buttons create a more random mix of problems which will often require decomposition strategies.

External link: Printable subtraction worksheets

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A great plenary for KS2 and confident KS1 children You are given number cards 6,3,3 and need to place them in a possible order *+*=*. Great from problem solving activities.

External link: Problem solving using subtraction

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Starting with sums like 5-1=? it's a perfect activity for Ks1 and football mad children beginning to take away.

External link: Soccer subtraction (low numbers)

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The classic black jack - with a twist. Don't go over 11. Choose to stick or take another card and chance your luck - supports simple adding in Ks1 and promotes discussion - even good for probability.

External link: Stick or twist

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Below 10 and 20, make this activity perfect for those starting to subtract.

External link: Subract numbers below 10 or below 20

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Type in your number, press the enter key and watch as your new number arrives fresh out of the function machine.

External link: Subtract 1

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Type in your number, press the enter key and watch as your new number arrives fresh out of the function machine.

External link: Subtract 10

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Subtract 11. Use a hundred square to help.

External link: Subtract 11

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Type in your number, press the enter key and watch as your new number arrives fresh out of the function machine.

External link: Subtract 2

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Type in your number, press the enter key and watch as your new number arrives fresh out of the function machine.

External link: Subtract 5

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Count up in order to solve the problem.

External link: Subtract by counting up - presentation

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Type in the answer and bowl to hit the pins! A great activity for those practising subtraction. No more difficult than - subtract from 10.

External link: Subtract low numbers

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Pistols ready. Blast the counters down on the numberl;ine to demonstrate a simple subtraction sum. Numbers under 20.

External link: Subtract numbes less than 20

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Great game, mixed bag of plus and subtract sums. The answer is never greater than 15, so ideal for Ks1.

External link: Subtraction and addition test the toad game

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The answers are in the grid - you need to click on them to fill in the gaps. ie *-*=1.

External link: Subtraction grid 1

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The answers are in the grid - you need to click on them to fill in the gaps. ie *-*=11.

External link: Subtraction grid 2

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The answers are in the grid - you need to click on them to fill in the gaps. ie *+*=11 and includes some negative numbers in the answer. ie *-*=-1

External link: Subtraction grid 3

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Speed is the key here, find the number on the grid that fits into sums like 50-?=38. This is great for a plenary.

External link: Subtraction rapid recall

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3 levels of subtraction units only tens by a unit tens by a ten. A simple and effective resource.

External link: Subtraction units to numbers up to 100.

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Add and subtract to find the hidden number on this number grid.

External link: What's behind the blob

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Word problems for addition, subtraction and division. Our first problem was; Evan went to 41 baseball games this year. He went to 27 games last year. How many baseball games did Evan go to altogether?

External link: Word problems

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