Subtraction Activity Cards

Do you need a practical way to reinforce the subtraction concept to students? Your little learners may be confident with modelling the process of taking away objects from a group to demonstrate subtraction yet struggling with the leap to mental strategies and written algorithms.

We hear you.



Eat the Apples is a fun and practical math center perfect for reinforcing subtraction as 'taking away' from a group while encouraging a move to a more abstract understanding.

Your students will develop a written subtraction problem from a picture that shows apples being eaten taken away from the group.
  • This printable pdf file will allow you to print and make 194 activity cards! Plenty to provide for all stages of learning in your class. 
  • The problems range from 2-1= 1 to 20-19=1
  • You will need to laminate these cards and use them with dry-erase  markers
  • Alternatively, use them as task cards and have students record the problems on paper.



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