Subtraction Houses: Take Away From the Roof
A free printable subtraction houses: take away from the roof worksheet with an answer key. Start with the roof number. Take away the first number to find what is left, or find how many were taken away. Great for 1st grade practice at home or in class.
- Size
- US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), fits A4
- 2 pages: the worksheet and its answer key
- Level
- Grade 1
- License
- Free for personal & classroom use
About this worksheet
A free printable subtraction houses: take away from the roof worksheet with an answer key. Start with the roof number. Take away the first number to find what is left, or find how many were taken away. First graders can do it on their own once they know the strategy at the top of the page. Check each answer by adding it back to the number taken away.
Tips for using it
- Say each bond out loud: 6 and 4 make 10.
- Use counters split into two piles to check a tricky bond.
- Count back on your fingers or the number line for the hardest facts.
- Fill the floors in order (0, 1, 2 ...) and watch one number go up while the other goes down.
Printing tips
Download the PDF and print at 100% (or “fit to page” on A4). Page 1 is the worksheet and page 2 is the answer key with the answers in red; print just page 1 if you want to keep the answers for checking. The PNG shows page 1 only. Free for personal, family and classroom use.