Class 1 Maths Worksheet: Subtraction
The method (Count back): Start at the bigger number. Count back the number you take away. How many more or how many left = bigger number − smaller number. Check by adding back: answer + number taken away = the first number.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.There are 18 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 2.14 − 3 =
- 3.There are 20 pencils and 6 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 4.There are 15 cups and 5 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 5.14 − ? = 2
- 6.17 − 6 =
- 7.2 − 1 =
- 8.? − 1 = 3
- 9.? − 5 = 11
- 10.Ishaan had 17 crayons and gave 16 to a friend. How many crayons does Ishaan have left?
- 11.What is 2 less than 17?
- 12.11 − ? = 10
- 13.13 − 11 =
- 14.14 − 2 =
- 15.There are 11 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 16.What is 3 less than 7?
- 17.There are 10 cups and 5 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 18.What is 1 less than 2?
- 19.Karan had 15 crayons and gave 11 to a friend. How many crayons does Karan have left?
- 20.Ishaan had 14 balloons and gave 8 to a friend. How many balloons does Ishaan have left?
- 21.What is 8 less than 11?
- 22.18 − ? = 2
- 23.There are 4 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 24.10 − ? = 8
- 25.Tara had 14 balloons and gave 12 to a friend. How many balloons does Tara have left?
- 26.? − 6 = 6
- 27.Aarav had 20 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Aarav have left?
- 28.? − 3 = 1
- 29.? − 1 = 6
- 30.What is 2 less than 16?
- 31.Arjun had 12 marbles and gave 10 to a friend. How many marbles does Arjun have left?
- 32.16 − 1 =
- 33.Sneha had 5 crayons and gave 4 to a friend. How many crayons does Sneha have left?
- 34.? − 2 = 7
- 35.There are 18 children and 4 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 36.What is 6 less than 18?
- 37.6 − 5 =
- 38.There are 16 children and 15 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 39.What is 7 less than 15?
- 40.What is 4 less than 5?
Answer key
- 12
- 11
- 14
- 10
- 12
- 11
- 1
- 4
- 16
- 1
- 15
- 1
- 2
- 12
- 8
- 4
- 5
- 1
- 4
- 6
- 3
- 16
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 12
- 17
- 4
- 7
- 14
- 2
- 15
- 1
- 9
- 14
- 12
- 1
- 1
- 8
- 1
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