Subtraction Fish Bowls

Created by Jennifer @ http://herdingkats.blogspot.com

Fish clip art from kpmdoodles @ http://www.etsy.com/shop/kpmdoodles

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To Play:

1. Each student receives on fish bowl card and counts the number of fish in the

bowl. This is the number they will be solving for. The subtraction sentence cards

are spread out, face down, in the middle of the table.

2. A player chooses a subtraction sentence card from the middle of the table and

solves it (using manipulatives if necessary). If the amount of fish in his fish bowl

matches the answer to the subtraction sentence, he may keep the card. If not,

he must return the card to the middle of the table.

3. The winner is the first student to find all 6 subtraction sentence cards to match

his fish bowl.

Note: for advanced students, use the fish bowls with 5 or more fish and the

matching cards. For students just beginning subtraction, use the fish bowls with

4 or fewer fish and the matching cards.

8 – 7 = 7 – 6 =

6 – 5 = 5 – 4 =

4 – 3 = 3 – 2 =

8 – 6 = 7 – 5 =

6 – 4 = 5 – 3 =

4 – 2 = 3 – 1 =

8 – 5 = 7 – 4 =

6 – 3 = 5 – 2 =

4 – 1 = 9 – 6 =

9 – 5 = 8 – 4 =

7 – 3 = 6 – 2 =

5 – 1 = 4 – 0 =

9 – 4 = 8 – 3 =

7 – 2 = 6 – 1 =

5 – 0 = 10 – 5 =

10 – 4 = 9 – 3 =

8 – 2 = 7 – 1 =

6 – 0 = 11 – 5 =

12 – 5 = 11 – 4 =

10 – 3 = 9 – 2 =

8 – 1 = 7 – 0 =

12 – 4 = 11 – 3 =

10 – 2 = 9 – 1 =

8 – 0 = 13 – 5 =