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Subtraction Strategies Practice

Subtraction Strategies Practice

Number line and counting blocks illustration

🔢 Part 1: Counting Back Strategy

1. Use counting back to solve these subtraction problems. Show your work:

a) 15 - 7 = ____

b) 23 - 6 = ____

c) 18 - 9 = ____

2. Circle the correct answer when counting back from 20 - 8:

12

13

11

14

📏 Part 2: Number Line Jumps

3. Draw jumps on the number line to solve 16 - 5:

Answer: 16 - 5 = ____

4. Use the number line strategy to solve these problems:

a) 25 - 8 = ____

b) 19 - 7 = ____

5. Which number line jump shows 14 - 6? Circle the correct description:

Start at 14, jump back 6 spaces to land on 8

Start at 6, jump forward 14 spaces

Start at 14, jump forward 6 spaces to land on 20

➕➖ Part 3: Addition and Subtraction Fact Families

6. Complete these fact families:

a) If 8 + 4 = 12, then 12 - 4 = ____

b) If 7 + 5 = 12, then 12 - 5 = ____

c) If 9 + 6 = 15, then 15 - 6 = ____

7. Match the addition facts with their subtraction partners:
1. 6 + 7 = 13
2. 8 + 5 = 13
3. 9 + 4 = 13
A. 13 - 4 = 9
B. 13 - 7 = 6
C. 13 - 5 = 8
8. Check all the subtraction facts that belong to the same fact family as 5 + 8 = 13:

13 - 8 = 5

13 - 5 = 8

13 - 6 = 7

8 + 5 = 13

📖 Part 4: Word Problems

9. Solve these word problems using any subtraction strategy. Show your working:

a) Sarah has 24 stickers. She gives 9 stickers to her friend. How many stickers does Sarah have left?

Answer: _______ stickers

b) There were 17 birds in a tree. 8 birds flew away. How many birds are still in the tree?

Answer: _______ birds

10. Choose the best subtraction strategy for each problem:

For 20 - 3, I would use:

Counting back

Number line jumps

Addition fact families

For 15 - 8, I would use:

Counting back

Number line jumps

Addition fact families

🤔 Part 5: Reflection

11. Which subtraction strategy do you find easiest? Explain why:
12. Fill in the blanks:

Subtraction is the __________ of addition. If I know that 6 + 7 = 13, then I also know that 13 - 7 = ____.

13. Draw a picture or diagram to show how you would solve 14 - 6:

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