Subtraction Activities for 1st Grade | Worksheets, Math Centers, Word Problems

$3.95

Make subtraction practice fun, meaningful, and engaging with this comprehensive collection of first-grade subtraction activities! Designed for classroom teachers, interventionists, homeschool families, and small groups, this resource provides hands-on practice that helps students build subtraction fluency and confidence while working with numbers through 20.

Students will strengthen their subtraction skills using a variety of engaging activities that promote conceptual understanding—not just memorization. Throughout the resource, students practice subtraction with ten frames, number lines, counting back, missing subtrahends, story problems, color-by-code activities, bingo games, and more.

Skills Covered

✔ Subtraction facts

✔ Counting back

✔ Number sense

✔ Number lines

✔ Ten frames

✔ Twenty frames

✔ Missing subtrahends

✔ Comparison problems

✔ Change unknown problems

✔ Part-part-whole thinking

✔ Word problem strategies

Perfect for:

  • Math centers
  • Small groups
  • RTI
  • Intervention
  • Independent practice
  • Morning work
  • Homework
  • Early finishers
  • Math tubs
  • Review
  • Assessment
  • Homeschool

This resource includes:

⭐ Subtraction worksheets

⭐ Subtraction Bingo games

⭐ Color by Code subtraction pages

⭐ Number line subtraction

⭐ Ten frame subtraction

⭐ Twenty frame subtraction

⭐ Counting Back activities

⭐ Draw and Solve pages

⭐ Picture subtraction

⭐ Missing subtrahends

⭐ Story problems

⭐ Cut-and-glue practice

⭐ Subtraction fluency practice

⭐ Subtraction within 5

⭐ Subtraction within 10

⭐ Subtraction within 20

⭐ Answer keys

 

This resource is perfect for helping first graders develop strong subtraction strategies while keeping practice fresh, engaging, and developmentally appropriate.