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Back to School Subtraction Facts Color-By-Number

Let your students have fun as you start the school year. They will surely love these back-to-school subtraction color-by-number worksheets.

How to Use

This is a no-prep packet -- choose and print the right version of worksheets for your kids, and you're ready to go. 

To solve the mystery picture, your students must answer all subtraction problems correctly. Then, they color the 10x10 grid to discover the mystery picture. 

*** These are designed for K-2 students. For grades 2-6, click here.

What You'll Get

You will receive all printable color-by-number worksheets. There are three versions of this packet, each with a different set of subtraction problems. 

The types of problems include solving for the difference of two numbers and finding the missing subtrahend, minuend, or difference. Just print the version that you want your students to answer.

  • Subtraction Facts
  • Subtraction Within 20 
  • Subtracting 2-digit and 1-digit numbers

    Each version includes seven images. If your kids correctly answered all subtraction problems in a set, they could discover these back-to-school pictures:

    1. A Girl
    2. Notebook
    3. Apple
    4. A Boy
    5. Crayons
    6. 'School' letters
    7. Scissors

    If you want other skills such as addition, subtraction, place value, number names, hundreds chart, counting, greater than/less than, and telling time to the hour/half-hour, check out the Back to School Math Color-By-Number bundle. You will also get bonus pictures of a Pencil, School Bus, and a Bookworm.