Fox's Subtraction Puzzles – Subtraction Worksheet (IB PYP Grade 1)

About This Worksheet

Solve subtraction puzzles with missing numbers and see how subtraction is the opposite of adding. This colourful, printable IB PYP Grade 1 Mathematics worksheet gives young learners focused practice with subtraction, with a friendly fox 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 18 marks in total:

• Activity A: Subtraction sums with a missing number.
• Activity B: Two fact families linking adding and subtracting.
• Activity C: Two subtraction problems within 20.
• Activity D: Using addition to check subtraction.

What Your Child Will Practise

• Finding a missing number in a subtraction sum
• Checking subtraction with addition (fact families)
• Crossing out pictures to take away
• Counting back on a number line

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 fox 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.