Key Stage 1 Numeracy Homework
Reception/Year 1 Subtraction
"Pennies for the Peacock"

What will this game will achieve?
This activity will help your child understand 'taking away'.  They will learn that as you 'take away', the number of cats decrease.

You will need:

• Each player sits ten cats on his/her wall
• Roll dice. The number you land on is the number of cats you subtract from the wall
• Before you remove cats you have to predict how many cats will be left
• The winner is the first person to take away all their cats
  

Keywords

Subtract
Minus
Take-away
Decrease
Fewer
Count back 

Questions to ask:

How many have you got left?
Who has the greatest number of cats left?
Who has the fewest cats on the wall?
You have 6, how many will you have if you subtract 3?