Subtracting 10 Games Online Free
Take 10 away from a number up to 99. The tens digit goes down by one and the ones stay the same.
Type answers on your keyboard, or tap the number pad.
Practise these again:
How do you subtract 10?
Take one away from the tens digit and keep the ones digit. 47 − 10 = 37 and 90 − 10 = 80. There’s no need to count back ten times.
It’s the opposite of adding 10, and the first step of subtracting 9: 47 − 9 is 47 − 10 + 1.
How to play Subtracting 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.
Subtracting 10 skills
- Subtracting 10 from two-digit numbers
- Place value: tens and ones
- Getting ready to subtract 9
Level: Grades 1–2 (ages 6–8)
Tips for subtracting 10
Only the tens digit changes: 63 − 10 → 6 tens become 5 tens → 53.
For 10 to 19, the answer is just the ones digit: 16 − 10 = 6.
On a hundred chart, subtracting 10 is moving up one row.
Subtracting 10 questions and answers
What numbers are in this game?
Every number from 10 to 99 minus 10, so answers go from 0 to 89.
What grade learns subtracting 10?
Subtracting 10 and multiples of 10 is a first-grade standard in the US, and a Year 1 and Year 2 objective in England.