Repeated Subtraction Worksheet
Practice repeated subtraction as a strategy for division at a Grade 2 level.
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Repeated Subtraction Practice
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Use repeated subtraction to solve the problems below. Show your work.
1. You have 10 cookies and you eat 2 cookies every day. How many days will the cookies last?
10 - 2 = 8
8 - 2 = 6
6 - 2 = 4
4 - 2 = 2
2 - 2 = 0
The cookies will last for days.
2. You have 12 apples and you give 3 apples to each friend. How many friends can you give apples to?
12 - 3 =
- 3 =
- 3 =
- 3 =
You can give apples to friends.
3. There are 15 pencils. Each student needs 5 pencils. How many students can get pencils?
4. A farmer has 20 eggs. He puts 4 eggs in each carton. How many cartons does he need?
5. Which repeated subtraction problem matches 18 ÷ 6?
18 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3
18 - 6 - 6 - 6
6 - 18
18 + 6
6. Repeated subtraction is a way to do multiplication.
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