Subtraction Wednesday

Warm Up:

• Primary 1’s: how quickly can you start from 30 and write down your numbers all the way to 0? Who can be the fastest!

• Primary 2’s: how quickly can you start from 100 and write down your numbers all the way to 0? Who can be the fastest!

• Here are some videos to help you:

Main Activity:

• Write down your subtraction sums in your jotter and then answer them.

• Remember to put the big number in your pocket and count back the small number using your fingers or use a number line to help you.

Primary 1 Worksheet

Primary 2 Worksheet

Extra Challenge:

• Can you answer these tricky missing number sums?

• Put the big number in your pocket and count back using your fingers until you reach the answer. How many fingers did you need?

·         10 – ? = 8	·         6 – ? = 3	·         5 – ? = 1
·        14 – ? = 10	·         4 – ? = 2	·         7 – ? = 6

Game to Support Learning:

• Practice your subtraction with this game – click here!