Hand a seven-year-old twelve apples, say take away seven, and the hand reaches out to remove them one by one. This 2nd grade cross out pictures to subtract worksheet keeps that hand at work on paper. Six boxes show red apples, yellow stars, black bulls and little snails, each next to a vertical subtraction such as 12 – 7 or 20 – 9. Your child counts the pictures, crosses out the number being taken away, then counts what remains and writes the answer under the line. Every problem is a subtraction within 20, and the pictures always match the first number. A second page gives the answer key.