Subtraction resources

Students perform calculations using fractions with different denominators.

Students use prices of vegetables to perform all four arithmetic operations on decimal numbers.

Students write number sentences for story problems, and create story problems from number sentences.

For this NEMP task students answer a series of 7 questions covering many aspects of Number operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Students solve different forms of subtraction equations.

Students calculate how price changes affect a purchase.

Students give answers to addition and subtraction basic facts problems.

Students complete subtraction equations by selecting from a range of numbers.

Students show how they perform an addition and a subtraction problem, and write their own subtraction story problem.

Student solve addition problems where the missing value is located in different positions. This may mean that students transform the problem into a subtraction one. Students reflect on the easiest and hardest problems, and explain their choice.

Students explain why a range of students' answers to a maths problem are incorrect.

Students use number properties to solve problems without calculating.

Students identify fractions that are greater than one, explain their reasoning and identify how far from one some fractions are.

Students display their knowledge of algorithms by filling in missing digits for some computations.

Students add and subtract fractions to work out fractions of food.

Students answer questions involving adding and subtracting fractions of cake.

Students solve subtraction maths problems and show their strategy for working it out.

Students answer questions involving adding and subtracting fractions of food.

Students answer questions involving adding and subtracting fractions of food.

Students work out how much time some bus trips take.

Students calculate the changes to an account balance after two withdrawals and a deposit.

Different selections are made from a canteen menu that will cost a given amount. An extension activity is given that asks for all possible combinations to be found.

This task is about subtracting with different parts of the equation missing.

Students convert units of weight - grams and kilograms - to answer questions a range of food items.

Students use all four operations to perform calculations using decimal values.