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Arizona Math Standard: 1.OA.B.4

Understand subtraction as an unknown-addend problem within 20 (e.g., subtract 10 – 8 by finding the number that makes 10 when added to 8).

Broken Calculator: 2-Digit Subtraction Gr 1-4
Adding and Subtracting Fruit
Adding and Subtracting Fruit
Use super cute fruit to introduce algebraic thinking to your young math students.
Gr 1, 2, 6
Back to School Math Worksheets
Back to School Math Worksheets
In these math problems, the solution is already given. But another number is missing!
Gr 1-6
Spring Math Worksheets: Addition and Subtraction
Spring Math Worksheets: Addition and Subtraction
Four sets of 2-digit and 3-digit addition and subtraction practice. But the unknown isn’t where you expect it to be!
Gr 1-4
How Many Ways: Fraction Subtraction 234
How Many Ways: Fraction Subtraction 234
How many different ways can you make this fraction subtraction statement true using only the digits one through nine?
Gr 1, 3, 4, 5, 7
Subtraction: 3 Digits Minus 2 Digits (Multiple Solutions)
Subtraction: 3 Digits Minus 2 Digits (Multiple Solutions)
Typical practice problems don’t move students up Bloom’s Taxonomy. With this framework, you’ll see kids stop and really think about how to approach multi-digit subtraction.
Gr 1-4
Evens and Odds – Addition and Subtraction
Evens and Odds – Addition and Subtraction
When we’re adding and subtracting, do evens make odds into evens? Do odds make evens odd? Which one has… more power!?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 7
How Many Ways: Times Equals Minus
How Many Ways: Times Equals Minus
How many different ways can you make this math statement true using only the digits one through nine?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
Math Curiosity: Four Squares
Math Curiosity: Four Squares
Every positive integer can be written as the sum of (at most) four perfect squares!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 8
Math Curiosity: Waring’s Conjecture
Math Curiosity: Waring’s Conjecture
So, can you write every odd (greater than 3) as the sum of three primes?
Gr 1-5
Math Curiosity: Palindromic Number Conjecture
Math Curiosity: Palindromic Number Conjecture
Using this one weird trick, it seems that you can turn any number into a palindrome!
Gr 1-5