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Count Back to Subtract

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this early childhood math practice worksheet, students use a number line to help them solve 6 story problems as they count back to subtract.
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Math-Literature Connection: Counting with Jack the Builder

For Teachers K - 2nd
Connect literature (Jack the Builder) with mathematical concepts. In a series of computation, geometry and number sense activities, pupils count on to add, count back to subtract, build cylinders, cones, and rectangular prisms, and name...
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Counting Back and Counting On

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Read aloud your choice of books about counting on and counting back (a list is provided, or tell stories of your own). Your learners will write horizontal equations to portray what happens in the story. They build a paper chain and...
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Count Back to Subtract

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this subtraction word problem worksheet, students use the counting back strategy to find the differences. Students solve six problems.
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Study Buddies: Counting Back Tens and Ones

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this math worksheet, students will work with a coach to solve a problem in which they must subtract by counting back by tens and ones. Students will follow a step-by-step process and notes are provided for the coach.
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Subtraction from 10

For Teachers K - 1st
Mr. Monkey is your math host today, and he is here to help your class subtract from 10. They can count back as a number line is used to demonstrate subtraction from 10. Each problem includes Mr. Monkey, an equation, and the number line...
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Use Addition to Subtract

For Students 1st - 2nd
Young scholars practice solving word problems. They subtract one-digit problems, add to check their answers, and attempt to determine which problems have too much information. There are 6 problems to solve.
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Find A Difference By Counting Up

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this subtraction worksheet, students solve 11 problems in which a single digit is subtracted from a four digit number. Students do this mentally by taking from the whole thousands and then counting up or by counting back.
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Learn to Earn When you Tend to Spend

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Analyzing and understanding word problems is extremely important. Pupils learn that in money problems, earn usually means you add and spend usually means you subtract. They will solve a series of money-related word problems, label coins,...
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Counting Back 1, 2, and 3

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this counting back one, two and three worksheet, students, with a partner, problem solve and answer six word problems and equations.
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Math & Science Connection

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Whether you're using a collection of Dr. Seuss books to teach basic math skills like counting, adding, and subtracting, or exploring the different states of matter by melting a crayon with a hairdryer, a series...
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Counting Back

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this math worksheet, students subtract using a number line. They practice with a problem involving balloons. Students are guided through the problem with a series of three questions. The remaining six problems are practice problems....
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Subtracting To 10

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this math worksheet, learners learn that subtracting means taking one number away from a larger number. Students look at the example and pictures and solve 45 problems.
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Counting Back by Tens

For Students 2nd
In this counting backwards worksheet, 2nd graders study and review a chart to assist them in solving 4 subtraction math problems.
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Math Games Using Dice and Cards to Promote Mental Strategies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Develop mental math skills using these fun partner games. Covering basic operations, each one offers differentiation options, extension ideas, and clear directions. Dice or cards is all you'll need to keep kids' attention as they...
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Rooster's Off To See the World Number-Sense

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students recognize how numbers are used in number stories.  In this Rooster's Off To See the World lesson, students participate in the story. Students complete a number activity and work on the computer to illustrate a number...
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The Ants Go Marching

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Integrate art, math, life science, music, and fun in this beginning addition and subtraction activity. Children kinesthetically represent adding and subtracting numbers to 10; they stand up one at a time as you count forward and sit down...
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Using Addition to Subtract

For Students 5th - 6th
In this addition and subtraction worksheet, students practice the skill of adding and then challenge themselves by a back-to-back subtraction equation that relates to their first addition problem.
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What is One Less?

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this counting and subtracting one worksheet, students count each group of objects, count back one, and write the totals. Students solve 9 problems.
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Calculator Activity: Count Back

For Students 1st - 2nd
n this using a calculator practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 5 problems that require them to subtract.
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Making Change

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore how to incorporate a new type of technology, the cash register and/or a calculator, as a motivational tool for solving real life problems. They practice estimating money and counting back change from $20.00.
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Ten Sly Piranhas: Subtraction with Goldfish Crackers

For Teachers K - 2nd
Class members listen to the William Wise book Ten Sly Piranhas and act out the story with one child playing the piranha. They use goldfish crackers (eating them to show subtraction) to demonstrate and understand equations they see...
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Take Whole Tens: Subtraction with a Number Line

For Students 1st - 2nd
A tens number line helps your class understand how to "hop" backward to subtract by 10's. Ten practice equations are expressed as math sentences (in word form) using the expressions "take __ from __" and "subtract." A little cartoon...
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Comparing Sets

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Young scholars count back with cubes to model subtraction problems. In this subtraction lesson plan, students compare sets of problems and record their results in a table.