This printable subtraction chart shows differences from starting numbers 0 through 12. It focuses on calculations with nonnegative whole-number answers. The number on the left minus the number across the top gives the value in their shared cell.
Your subtraction reference chart
How to read a fact
- Find the starting number in the left column.
- Find the amount to subtract in the top row.
- Follow the row and column to their intersection.
For 9 − 4, start at row 9 and move across to column 4. The shared cell contains 5. You can check the result by adding the difference and the amount subtracted: 5 + 4 = 9.
What do the gray cells mean?
A gray cell with a dash is outside the nonnegative facts covered by this chart. It does not mean the answer is zero. For example, row 3 and column 5 are excluded because 3 − 5 would give a negative result.
The diagonal contains zero because a number minus itself is zero. The column headed 0 repeats each starting number, since subtracting zero leaves it unchanged.
Notice how subtraction differs from addition
Changing the order changes the calculation. Row 9, column 4 gives 5, while row 4, column 9 is outside this chart. Keep the starting number and the amount being subtracted in their correct positions.
Practice with the reference
Ask a learner to choose a valid fact, read it aloud, and show the calculation with counters or a number line. Then cover the result and try to explain it without reading the cell.
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