Subtract from 10 Games Online Free
Take a number away from 10, like 10 − 7. If you know the pairs that make 10, you know every answer.
Type answers on your keyboard, or tap the number pad.
Practise these again:
How do you subtract from 10?
Use the pairs that make ten. Since 7 + 3 = 10, 10 − 7 = 3 and 10 − 3 = 7. There are only 11 facts to learn, from 10 − 0 to 10 − 10.
If a child is still counting back, practising make ten helps, because it’s the same set of facts written as addition.
How to play Subtract from 10
- Choose the 60-second challenge or untimed practice, then press Start.
- Type each answer on your keyboard or tap the number pad. It’s checked as soon as you’ve typed enough digits, or press ✓.
- Get one wrong and you’ll see the right answer, and the question comes back a little later.
- At the end, check your score and the facts to practise again.
Subtract from 10 skills
- Subtracting from 10
- Using pairs that make 10
- The link between addition and subtraction
Level: Kindergarten–Grade 1 (ages 5–7)
Tips for subtracting from 10
Ask “what goes with this to make 10?” For 10 − 6, 6 and 4 make 10, so the answer is 4.
Use fingers: hold up all 10, put down the number being taken away, and count what’s left up.
Subtracting from 10 is the first step towards subtracting from 20, and later from 100.
Subtract from 10 questions and answers
Why practise subtracting from 10 on its own?
Subtracting from 10 comes up again and again, like when working out change or taking away across ten (15 − 7 = 15 − 5 − 2). Knowing these facts by heart saves a lot of counting.
How does a wrong answer help?
The game shows the fact and why it works, for example 10 − 7 = 3, because 7 + 3 = 10. Then the question comes back later.
What age is this game for?
Subtracting from 10 is usually learned in kindergarten and first grade, at around ages 5 to 7.