Robot Subtraction Cards

Looking for a fun way to help kids learn how to read and write subtraction problems?! These playful robot subtraction cards are the perfect solution. They are great to use as a math center, STEM box or homeschool activity.

And speaking of STEM centers, take our 5 Day Challenge to set your classroom up with STEM centers your kids will love!

Getting Ready

To prep the subtraction cards, I printed the cards on cardstock, cut along the grey lines to separate the pieces, and laminated them to make them reusable.

Then I grabbed a Vis-a-Vis marker and baby wipe (for easy clean up), pulled out a playing die and printed the record sheet on regular copy paper.

That’s it! The prep was easy peasy.

Robot Subtraction Cards

Big Brother (age 7) has been working on subtraction for awhile now so he knew just what to do.

He grabbed a card and counted the number of robot hex nuts shown. He wrote the minuend in the first circle.

Then, he rolled the die (a two!) and crossed off that many nuts. He wrote the subtrahend in the second circle and then solved the problem.

Big Brother grabbed the next card in the deck and continued the fun.

After working his way through the stack of cards, he wrote all of the subtraction problems on a record sheet to gain practice writing the complete equation – symbols and all.

The robot subtraction cards were a motivating way to practice writing and solving equations.

Grab Your Set

Click the teal blue button below to grab your free set and then take our 5 Day Challenge to build a system for teaching STEM in your classroom!