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Kindergarten take-away word problems worksheets

K.OA.A.2 Word problems

Printable take-away word problems worksheets for kindergarten, aligned to Common Core standard K.OA.A.2. Subtraction within 10.

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Sample problems

  1. There are 4 frogs. 3 hop away. How many are left? 1
  2. There are 3 cars. 2 drive off. How many are left? 1
  3. There are 3 balloons. 1 floats away. How many are left? 2
  4. There are 5 balloons. 2 float away. How many are left? 3
  5. There are 3 balloons. 2 float away. How many are left? 1
  6. There are 2 balloons. 1 floats away. How many are left? 1
  7. There are 4 cookies. 2 are eaten. How many are left? 2
  8. There are 3 cookies. 1 is eaten. How many are left? 2

These eight are one sample at medium difficulty — the generator makes a different set every time.

A worked example

There are 4 frogs. 3 hop away. How many are left? 1

  1. "Hop away" means take away: 4 − 3 = 1

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About these worksheets

The wording stays familiar while the numbers change, which is what makes the method stick rather than the answer. Every sheet is generated fresh, so you can print a new one on the same skill as often as you need — different numbers, same difficulty.

Pick how many problems you want and whether they should be easy, medium or hard, then download a PDF with a matching answer key. The key can show the worked steps for every problem, which is what a parent needs to see where a wrong answer went wrong.

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