Subtraction up to 10 with unknowns

Free printable activity for children, in which the child has to solve simple subtraction arithmetic examples up to ten. In the tasks, one of the numbers is unknown, and the child must fill in either the minuend or the subtrahend, as the case may be.
When completing the tasks, the child practices subtraction, arithmetic, finding the unknown, and recognizing numbers.

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What is in the worksheets?

In these ten exercise sheets, there are examples where the unknown value must be found, and the result of the example does not exceed 10 and is not less than 0. The parent should demonstrate how to count on fingers, bending them as if performing subtraction, or provide counting sticks if necessary. Examples should be shown on how to find the unknown addend.

Ideally, the child should count mentally rather than using fingers or sticks, but with practice and completing exercises regularly, the child will eventually understand how to do it mentally, without using external aids.

Who are the tasks suitable for?

The worksheets for counting up to 10 with unknown addends are suitable for five-year-olds, six-year-olds, and seven-year-olds, but it depends on each child individually.

If the tasks are too easy?

f subtraction up to 10 with unknown addends becomes too easy, you can switch to a different type of task – subtraction within the twenty.

Bezmaksas darba lapas bērniem - Atņemšana līdz 20 ar nezināmiem

Atņemšana līdz 20 ar nezināmiem

If the worksheets are a bit too difficult?

If parents see that the task is too complicated, maybe it’s better to take a step back and do addition up to 10 with two addends, addition up to 3, or counting exercises.

Atņemšana līdz 10, Desmitnieka robežās - Bezmaksas darba lapas bērniem

Subtraction within 10

How to get free printable worksheets?

  • Fill out the form
  • Receive the materials
  • Print using your available printer
  • Complete it together with your child
  • Fill out the form again if you want a new version

Each time you fill out the form, new worksheets will be generated, so the order of tasks and examples on the worksheets will not repeat.

Send printable task sheets to your email!

Fill out the form and we will send you a link to printable materials – worksheets – with arithmetic exercises. You’ll be able to download the document to your computer and use these worksheets multiple times.

The document will contain 10 pages of exercises, each with 18 addition examples. In the addition tasks, the sum does not exceed 10, but there are unknown addends in the examples.

You can print all the worksheets for the child, or just a specific page.

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