Subtraction Worksheets for Kindergarten With Pictures to Cross Out

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8 problems. Cross out and count, within 10. Sheet 6JMBUA, with its answer key.

Cross out and count, within 10

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Cross out the number you take away. Then fill in the blank.

  1. 1.5 − 1 = _____
  2. 2.7 − 4 = _____
  3. 3.4 − 3 = _____
  4. 4.9 − 1 = _____
  5. 5.9 − 7 = _____
  6. 6.6 − 4 = _____
  7. 7.10 − 8 = _____
  8. 8.6 − 1 = _____

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Answer key. Cross out and count, within 10

  1. 1.5 − 1 = 4
  2. 2.7 − 4 = 3
  3. 3.4 − 3 = 1
  4. 4.9 − 1 = 8
  5. 5.9 − 7 = 2
  6. 6.6 − 4 = 2
  7. 7.10 − 8 = 2
  8. 8.6 − 1 = 5

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Eight pictures, cross out 3, count 5: these subtraction worksheets for kindergarten print 8 such problems within 10 a page. The Sheet type menu adds ten frames, dice, dominoes and short take away stories.

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Kindergarten subtraction worksheets: taking from and taking apart

Taking from is the cross-out sheet: 8 pictures, cross out 3, count 5. Taking apart removes nothing: Two colors, find the other part shows 9 counters, 7 of them dark, and asks for the light ones. Common Core K.OA.2 stays within 10 with objects or drawings, so these are subtraction worksheets with pictures.

Subtraction worksheets kindergarten pupils can take in order

Print Cross out and count, within 5, then the same sheet within 10. Ten frames, dice and dominoes follow, then the two zero sheets. Last come subtraction worksheets for grade 1 with pictures: teen numbers in rows of 5, and two ten frames for 13 − 4 = 9.

  • On picture subtraction worksheets, have pupils cross out from the end of the last row, so the rest stays together.
  • Print both zero sheets in one week: 4 − 0 and 5 − 5 look alike to a beginner.

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Which sheets suit pre-K?

How many are left, count and write prints no minus sign: the pupil counts the pictures that are left and writes the numeral. One less, cross out one asks for 1 less than 6. Each prints 6 large problems.

Can the sheets show the pictures already crossed out?

Yes. Crosses printed, within 5 is the plain one, and the two Write the take away sentence sheets leave out the numerals, so the pupil writes all of 9 − 6 = 3. On the other cross-out sheets the answer key shows the crosses.

Are there math worksheets for kindergarten subtraction with numbers only?

Yes, three. Numbers only, take away within 10 is a plain subtraction within 10 worksheet, 12 facts in a line. Stacked take away, within 10 sets them in columns, and Every fact within 5, numbers only prints all 20 facts once each.

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First steps, before the minus sign 2

  • How many are left, count and write Up to 5 pictures with some already crossed out, and one box. The pupil counts the pictures that are left and writes the numeral. With 5 stars and 2 crossed out the answer is 3. That is the fact 5 − 2 = 3, but no minus sign is printed yet.
  • One less, cross out one A group of pictures and the sentence 1 less than 6 is ___. The pupil crosses out one picture and counts the rest: 6 − 1 = 5. Texas asks kindergartners to give the number that is one less than another (K.2(F)), and this is that skill on paper.

Take away with pictures, within 5 4

  • Cross out and count, within 5 One row of up to 5 pictures with the numerals printed underneath. The pupil crosses out the number after the minus sign and counts what is left: 5 − 3 = 2. The Common Core asks kindergartners for fluency only within 5 (K.OA.5), so this is the sheet to repeat.
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Take away with pictures, within 5, continued

  • Crosses printed, within 5 The sheet prints the crosses itself, so the pupil reads the picture instead of making it: 4 pictures, 1 crossed out, 4 − 1 = 3. Use it in the first week, when crossing out neatly is still harder than the mathematics.
  • Draw it and cross out, within 5 Only the fact and an empty box are printed. For 4 − 2 = 2 the pupil draws 4 circles, crosses out 2 and writes what is left. A Common Core footnote says drawings need not show details, only the mathematics, so circles are enough.
  • Write the take away sentence, within 5 Crosses are printed and the numerals are not. The pupil counts all the pictures, counts the crossed ones and fills in ___ − ___ = ___, for example 5 − 1 = 4. The Common Core encourages kindergartners to write equations but does not require it, so treat this one as a stretch.

Take away with pictures, within 10 5

  • Cross out and count, within 10 Up to 10 pictures set out in rows of 5, so 8 stars show as 5 and 3. The pupil crosses out 3 and counts 5 left: 8 − 3 = 5. Kindergarten subtraction within 10 is done with objects or drawings (K.OA.2), which is why every number here has something to count.
  • Draw it and cross out, within 10 A fact and an empty box. For 6 − 4 = 2 the pupil draws 6 dots and crosses out 4. Watch the order they draw in: a pupil who draws 4 first and then 6 has not yet seen that the first number is the whole group.
  • Scattered pictures, take away within 10 The pictures are spread around the box, not lined up: 7 − 4 = 3. Pupils have to keep track of what they have crossed and what they have counted, which is harder than it looks. The Common Core expects kindergartners to count up to 10 scattered things (K.CC.5).
  • Take away stories with pictures, within 10 Four short stories a page, each with its picture and a blank sentence, such as a shop that has 9 apples and sells 2 of them: 9 − 2 = 7. Read them aloud. The Common Core (K.OA.2) and Texas (K.3(B)) both put word problems in kindergarten, solved with objects or drawings.
  • Write the take away sentence, within 10 Rows of 5 with the crosses printed and no numerals: the pupil writes 9 − 6 = 3 from the picture alone. Texas asks kindergartners to explain their strategies with pictorial models and number sentences (K.3(C)), and this sheet puts the two side by side.

Ten frames, dice and dominoes 4

  • Domino take away, cover one end One domino, with its total printed as the first number. For a tile with 4 and 3 spots the fact is 7 − 3 = 4: cover the 3 end with a finger and count what still shows. Tiles with a blank end give facts such as 5 − 0 = 5.
  • Full ten frame, take some away Every problem starts from a full frame of 10: 10 − 4 = 6. The 9 facts from 10 − 1 to 10 − 9 are the subtraction side of finding the number that makes 10 (K.OA.4), so print this page beside your make 10 work.
  • Ten frame take away, within 10 Counters sit in a frame of 2 rows of 5, top row filled first. For 7 − 2 = 5 the pupil crosses out the 2 counters in the bottom row and sees the full row of 5 that is left. The frame lets an answer be seen as well as counted.
  • Two dice, bigger take away smaller Two dice faces are printed in either order and the pupil writes the larger number first: 6 − 2 = 4. It is a first meeting with the fact that order matters in subtraction, as it does not in addition. When both faces match, the answer is 0.

Zero, all gone and taking apart 3

  • Take away all, none left Every picture gets crossed out: 5 − 5 = 0. The Common Core has kindergartners write 0 for a count of no objects (K.CC.3), and an all gone problem is a natural place to meet it.
  • Take away zero, nothing crossed out Every problem subtracts 0: 4 − 0 = 4. Nothing is crossed out and the answer is the number you began with. A common slip is to write 0 as the answer, so print this page before zeros turn up mixed in with other facts.
  • Two colors, find the other part A row of counters in two colors with the total printed. For 9 counters with 7 dark, the pupil writes 9 − 7 = 2 for the light ones. Nothing is removed. The number is taken apart, the second meaning the Common Core gives subtraction in kindergarten.

Grade 1 with pictures, within 20 5

  • Cross out and count, within 20 Up to 20 pictures in rows of 5, starting from a teen number: 16 − 7 = 9. First grade subtracts within 20 (1.OA.6). The rows of 5 keep a teen number readable, so 16 shows as three full rows and 1 more.
  • How many more, two rows to match Two rows of different pictures lined up one to one, such as 10 stars over 7 apples. The pupil matches pairs and counts the extras: 10 − 7 = 3. Nothing is taken away here. Comparing joins the Common Core word problems in grade 1 (1.OA.1), and Texas lists it beside joining and separating (1.3(B)).
  • Think addition, draw the missing dots Each box pairs 12 − 8 = ___ with 8 + ___ = 12 and shows 8 dots with room to draw more. The pupil draws dots until there are 12 and sees that both blanks are 4: 8 + 4 = 12, so 12 − 8 = 4. This is subtraction as an unknown addend (1.OA.4).
  • Two ten frames, subtract through ten A teen number fills one frame and part of a second. For 13 − 4 = 9 the pupil crosses out the 3 loose counters, then 1 more from the full frame. The Common Core sets out the same steps under 1.OA.6: 13 − 4 = 13 − 3 − 1 = 10 − 1 = 9.
  • What was taken away, count the crosses The crosses are printed and the middle number is blank: 9 − ___ = 5. The pupil counts the crossed pictures and writes 4, because 9 − 4 = 5. Finding an unknown that is not at the end is first grade work in both documents (1.OA.8, Texas 1.3(B)).

Numbers only, the step after pictures 3

  • Every fact within 5, numbers only All 20 facts that start from 1 to 5, zeros included, each printed once and shuffled: 5 − 0 = 5, 3 − 3 = 0, 5 − 4 = 1. Fluency within 5 is the kindergarten target (K.OA.5), and this page shows at a glance which facts a pupil still counts for.
  • Numbers only, take away within 10 Twelve bare facts such as 9 − 5 = 4, side by side, with no pictures. No number is subtracted from itself and 0 is never taken away, so every answer is at least 1. Print it when a pupil finishes the picture sheets without touching the pictures.
  • Stacked take away, within 10 The same facts written one number above the other, 8 over 6 with a line beneath: 8 − 6 = 2. It is the form every later column method uses, and the top number is always the one you start from. Twelve problems fit a page.

How this list was compiled: Sheet types, wording, stories and worked examples are own work; every worked example was computed twice by script on 2026-09-18 (by counting back and by adding the answer to the number taken away). Number ranges and standard numbers checked 2026-09-18 against the full text of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (California Department of Education copy, https://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/ccssmathstandardaug2013.pdf): the kindergarten introduction (equations such as 7 − 2 = 5; writing equations is encouraged but not required), the K.OA cluster heading (subtraction as taking apart and taking from), K.CC.3, K.CC.5, K.OA.1 to K.OA.5 with the footnote on drawings, 1.OA.1, 1.OA.4, 1.OA.5, 1.OA.6 with its example 13 − 4 = 13 − 3 − 1 = 10 − 1 = 9, 1.OA.8, and glossary Table 1 for the names take from, take apart, compare, result unknown and change unknown; and against the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Mathematics, 19 TAC 111.2 Kindergarten and 111.3 Grade 1 (https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/ch111a.pdf): K.2(A), K.2(D), K.2(F), K.2(I), K.3(A), K.3(B), K.3(C), 1.3(B), 1.3(D). Checked 2026-09-18 against Wikipedia: subtraction as removing objects from a collection with 5 − 2 = 3 as the picture example, the difference as the number that gives the first when added to the second, changing the order changes the answer, subtracting 0 changes nothing, and steps to the left on a number line with 3 − 3 = 0, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtraction ; domino ends marked with 0 to 6 spots and blank ends, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominoes ; die faces marked 1 to 6, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dice . Wikipedia has no article on the ten frame, so the ten frame items state only what the sheet draws. Licence: own work

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