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What Did We Start With? is a free printable Grade 1 math worksheet on unknown minuend, within fifteen, aligned to Common Core standard 1.OA.B.4. It prints 16 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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What Did We Start With?

1.OA.B.4

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Work out each answer.

1.___ − 8 = 1
2.___ − 3 = 5
3.___ − 4 = 9
4.___ − 11 = 4
5.___ − 4 = 4
6.___ − 7 = 3
7.___ − 6 = 3
8.___ − 4 = 2
9.___ − 2 = 11
10.___ − 4 = 11
11.___ − 4 = 8
12.___ − 10 = 0
13.___ − 3 = 8
14.___ − 5 = 6
15.___ − 1 = 10
16.___ − 15 = 0

LessonPrint · 1.OA.B.4 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What Did We Start With?

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.9
  2. 2.8
  3. 3.13
  4. 4.15
  5. 5.8
  6. 6.10
  7. 7.9
  8. 8.6
  9. 9.13
  10. 10.15
  11. 11.12
  12. 12.10
  13. 13.11
  14. 14.11
  15. 15.11
  16. 16.15

Questions about What Did We Start With?

What does the What Did We Start With? worksheet cover?

It practices unknown minuend, within fifteen — 16 questions for Grade 1, all on Common Core 1.OA.B.4: See subtraction as finding the missing part. The instruction to students is “Work out each answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does What Did We Start With? practice?

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.B.4 — 1.OA.B.4, under Operations & Algebraic Thinking for Grade 1. The published standard reads: “Understand subtraction as an unknown-addend problem.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

What Did We Start With? is written for Grade 1, typically ages 6-7. It is one of the sheets on 1.OA.B.4, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does What Did We Start With? come with an answer key?

Yes. All 16 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of What Did We Start With? can I print?

25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is What Did We Start With? free to print and photocopy?

Yes. What Did We Start With?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

More practice for 1.OA.B.4

See subtraction as finding the missing part.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 1.OA.B.4 of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.