Elephant's Take-Away – Subtraction Worksheet (IB PYP Grade 1)

About This Worksheet

Cross out the pictures to take away. A gentle first look at subtraction within 10. This colourful, printable IB PYP Grade 1 Mathematics worksheet gives young learners focused practice with subtraction, with a friendly elephant to guide them. It has a name, class and date box for students, the mindtested.com header and footer, and a teacher answer key on page 2.

What Questions Are in This Worksheet?

There are 4 activities worth 14 marks in total:

• Activity A: Taking away by crossing out pictures.
• Activity B: Six subtraction sums within 10.
• Activity C: A subtraction problem on a number line.
• Activity D: Three take-away stories.

What Your Child Will Practise

• Crossing out pictures to take away
• Counting back on a number line
• Subtracting within 10 and then within 20
• Finding a missing number in a subtraction sum

How to Use This Worksheet

1. Print the PDF on A4 paper (colour is best, but black and white works too).
2. Read each instruction aloud together before your child starts.
3. Let your child try every activity independently first.
4. Mark with the answer key on page 2 and talk through any mistakes.

Tip: five to ten minutes of regular practice works better for Grade 1 learners than one long session. Colour in the elephant when the worksheet is finished as a small reward.

Ideal for classroom use, homework, tutoring or home learning in the IB PYP Number strand, where learners take away, count back on a number line and link subtraction to addition within 20. Answer key included.