Year 1 Subtraction Within 10 Worksheets

These Year 1 subtraction within 10 worksheets help children practise taking away using small numbers. Subtraction within 10 is one of the first key calculation skills in KS1 and supports counting backwards, number bonds, missing number work and early problem solving.

The worksheets give children repeated practice with simple subtraction number sentences, visual take-away questions and early reasoning. This helps children understand subtraction as removing, finding what is left, and counting back from a starting number.

Subtraction within 10 helps children understand how numbers can become smaller and how one amount can be taken away from another. It also supports the connection between addition and subtraction, which is important for future mental maths.

Parents can use these worksheets as short subtraction practice at home. Children can complete the questions and use small objects, counters or fingers to check what is being taken away and what is left.

Teachers can use subtraction within 10 worksheets for lesson starters, independent work, intervention groups or revision after practical subtraction activities. Once children are secure with this topic, they can move on to subtraction within 20, missing number subtraction and mixed addition and subtraction practice.