Subtraction Within 10 With Pictures Worksheets for Kindergarten

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Grade KMathAddition & SubtractionCCSS K.OA.A.1CCSS K.OA.A.5

Skill: Subtracting within 10 by crossing out pictures

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Teaching tips and what to try next

A good step for kindergartners who have finished Subtraction Within 5 With Pictures and can count a group of ten reliably. Let your child tell a tiny story for one problem, such as birds flying off a fence, so the minus sign means something real. Move on to facts without pictures in Subtraction Within 10 or story problems in Addition and Subtraction Word Problems Within 10.

10 versions, each with its own answer key

Same skill and layout, a fresh set of problems in every version, so children can keep practicing without repeating a page. Problems are not repeated between versions unless a skill has only a small number of possible problems (for example, the addition facts within 10).

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About this worksheet

Young children understand subtraction best when they can see things being taken away. Crossing out pictures turns a number sentence into something a kindergartner can do with a pencil. This kindergarten worksheet gives twelve subtraction problems within 10, each with a row of circles to use.

Each problem shows a group of 2 to 10 circles and a subtraction sentence such as 7 – 3 = ___. Children cross out the number of circles being taken away, count the circles that are left, and write the answer on the line. The first number always matches the number of circles, so children can check their picture against the sentence. The answers are never below 1, which keeps the focus on taking away part of a group. Each of the ten versions has new problems and its own answer key, and every fact within 10 appears before any fact repeats.

How to use it: read the first problem aloud together: "seven take away three." Show your child how to cross out circles starting from the end of the row, so the circles that are left stay together and are easy to count. After a few problems, ask your child to guess the answer before crossing out, then check with the picture. Acting out a problem with small toys or snacks is a good warm-up.

The answer key shows each answer and which circles to cross out. For smaller numbers, try our Subtraction Within 5 With Pictures worksheet. For adding with pictures, try our Picture Addition Within 10 worksheet.