Build confidence and fluency with two-digit subtraction using the friendly number compensation strategy. This resource provides explicit teaching support, extensive practice, and ready-to-use answer sheets.

What’s Included:

14 Teaching Slides to introduce and model the compensation strategy
40 Worksheets with 400 practice problems
40 Answer Sheets
Practice subtracting 19, 29, 39, 49 & 59
Practice subtracting 18, 28, 38, 48 & 58
Practice subtracting 17, 27, 37, 47 & 57
100 Mixed Practice Problems
Answer keys included

Great for:

Whole-class instruction
Guided practice
Independent practice
Maths centres
Homework
Review and reinforcement

This resource helps students develop efficient mental maths strategies and become more confident when subtracting two-digit numbers within 100.

Suitable for Year 2–3 / KS1–KS2