Interactive Math Game | Subtracting within 20 (2024)

Are you ready to practice basic subtraction within twenty? This lesson will help your students become subtraction experts! All subtraction problems in this basic math lesson have minuends and subtrahends less than 20. To find the difference, students will be presented with a variety of question types.

Some problems feature a set of counters. Some of the counters have X's through them to represent the part that is taken away, or the subtrahend. The counters are accompanied by a subtraction number sentence. Other problems are word problems. Here's an example of a subtraction word problem your students might be given: 'Emily made 12 snowballs. 3 melted. How many does she have now?' Still other problems might be presented as word problems accompanied by a number line, such as: 'What subtraction sentence does the number line show?' Students will either type their answer in the blank space or choose from multiple choices.

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Subtraction Fact Drills within Ten (Level A)
In this first grade-level math lesson, students will practice subtracting within ten. Questions are presented in a drill-style format.

Subtraction Fact Drills within Twenty (Level A)
Students will practice subtracting within twenty in this first grade-level math lesson. Questions are presented in a drill-style format.