Math Drills

Subtracting 0

Calculation

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What this worksheet covers

Grade: Grade 1 (Elementary School)
Topic: Subtraction up to 10
Worksheet: Subtracting 0

Two shapes stand side by side in this lesson: taking zero away, and taking a number away from itself to leave zero. Whether the amount does not shrink at all or vanishes completely has to be told apart in Calculation, in Fill in the Blank and in Word Problems alike.

Remembering 5 - 0 and 5 - 5 as one and the same thing, and writing zero for both, is the classic mix-up. Whether a child can say the two apart out loud, that taking zero away leaves the first number as it stands while two equal numbers leave nothing, is what separates them.

Subtraction up to 10 closes with this third lesson. What follows moves away from number altogether: Comparing Length sets objects against each other by size. Calculation is put down for a while so that an eye for quantity can be built.

Calculation6 questions
Fill in the Blank6 questions

Word Problems3 questions

Questions & answers

Problems and answers on this worksheet

These are the problems in “Subtraction up to 10”, shown with their answers.

(1)3-0=□
Answer: 3
(2)7-0=□
Answer: 7
(3)8-0=□
Answer: 8
(4)9-9=□
Answer: 0
(5)2-0=□
Answer: 2
(6)3-3=□
Answer: 0
(7)1-□=1
Answer: 0
(8)□-2=0
Answer: 2
(9)9-□=0
Answer: 9
(10)5-□=0
Answer: 5
(11)5-□=5
Answer: 0
(12)□-3=0
Answer: 3
(13)At home, there were 3 apples. The family ate all 3. How many are left? Answer □
Answer: 0apples
(14)Noah has 7 candies. Today, he did not give even 1 to his friends. How many are left? Answer □
Answer: 7candies
(15)Liam had 7 candies. He gave all 7 to his friends. How many are left? Answer □
Answer: 0candies

What to do next

Subtraction up to 5Subtraction up to 5 Calculation

Next unit: Comparing Length