Kindergarten Subtraction Worksheets | Summer Word Problems with Answer Key

Kindergarten subtraction worksheets with a summer theme

These kindergarten subtraction worksheets are a 9 page packet with 60 questions on subtraction facts from 0 to 10. The last section turns facts into short summer stories about water bottles, sun hats and children at play.

Students choose the answer, write the missing number, decide whether an equation is true or false and solve simple word problems with a number answer.

Teachers and parents who need kindergarten subtraction worksheets for summer practice will find four sections of 15 questions here, and the packet comes with an answer key, an answer sheet and a lesson plan.

What’s on the pages

The worksheet has four sections of 15 questions each, and each one has its own heading and directions.

• Multiple choice subtraction: students pick the right answer for facts such as 5 – 5, 4 – 2 and 3 – 1.
• Fill in the blank subtraction: students write the missing number in facts such as 9 – 8, 8 – 7 and 8 – 4.
• True or false: students judge equations such as 7 – 3 = 4, 5 – 4 = 1 and 8 – 3 = 5.
• Summer word problems: students read a short story and write the answer, such as 6 cold water bottles with 2 drunk, 5 sun hats with 4 blown away and 10 children with 5 going home to rest.

The stories are short, with small numbers, so young students can follow them when an adult reads aloud.

What’s in the download

• Student worksheet: 9 pages
• Answer key: 11 pages, with a short explanation after each answer
• Answer sheet: 3 pages
• Lesson plan: 1 page

The four parts add up to 24 pages, and everything comes as PDF.

How to use these kindergarten subtraction worksheets

The lesson plan is set for 45 minutes. Its objectives are to understand subtraction as taking away from a group, to solve basic subtraction equations with numbers from 0 to 10, to tell whether a subtraction equation is true or false, and to use subtraction in simple summer word problems.

The plan begins by introducing subtraction with real objects. Show 5 blocks, take 2 away and count what is left. The materials list pencils and erasers, counting manipulatives such as small blocks, shells or buttons, and printed copies of the worksheet.

Students then do Section 1 alone or as a guided group, and move on to the later sections as they gain confidence.

Counting objects is the best support for this age. Let children touch the blocks and slide them away before they write the number.

The answer sheet keeps the worksheet clean for reuse, and the answer key gives a short explanation after every answer.

Looking for summer subtraction practice or a kindergarten subtraction facts review? This packet gives both, and the kindergarten subtraction worksheets with answer key pages let a parent check each page in minutes.

The last section works as subtraction word problems to 10, so children see that the same facts they practiced appear in real stories. Because the problems are short and the numbers small, a child who finishes a section feels a sense of success, and that confidence carries into first grade math. Parents can also read each story aloud and let the child act it out with toys or snacks before writing the answer.

Where it fits

Use it for summer practice, math centers, small groups, homework or a review before first grade. Homeschool families can work through one section a day.

Take a look at the preview pages before you buy, so you can see the worksheet, the answer key and the answer sheet.

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Many teachers use these kindergarten subtraction worksheets in a short daily routine, one section at a time, and repeat the set after a few weeks to see growth.

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