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.Arjun had 3 marbles and gave 1 to a friend. How many marbles does Arjun have left?
- 2.What is 6 less than 15?
- 3.What is 9 less than 20?
- 4.Sneha had 5 shells and gave 4 to a friend. How many shells does Sneha have left?
- 5.Joseph had 12 flowers and gave 6 to a friend. How many flowers does Joseph have left?
- 6.? − 5 = 7
- 7.? − 3 = 3
- 8.There are 19 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 9.7 − 1 =
- 10.There are 11 children and 4 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 11.What is 8 less than 10?
- 12.? − 3 = 2
- 13.5 − 4 =
- 14.There are 18 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 15.Zoya had 18 kites and gave 2 to a friend. How many kites does Zoya have left?
- 16.What is 1 less than 3?
- 17.Nisha had 7 crayons and gave 5 to a friend. How many crayons does Nisha have left?
- 18.15 − ? = 8
- 19.Kavya had 15 marbles and gave 7 to a friend. How many marbles does Kavya have left?
- 20.20 − ? = 10
- 21.What is 1 less than 6?
- 22.19 − ? = 5
- 23.2 − 1 =
- 24.Riya had 7 mangoes and gave 6 to a friend. How many mangoes does Riya have left?
- 25.What is 4 less than 10?
- 26.? − 3 = 9
- 27.5 − 2 =
- 28.6 − 1 =
- 29.What is 2 less than 4?
- 30.Isha had 10 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Isha have left?
- 31.There are 7 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 32.4 − 2 =
- 33.There are 15 cups and 14 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 34.15 − 13 =
- 35.There are 16 boys and 10 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 36.? − 13 = 1
- 37.Saanvi had 17 pencils and gave 12 to a friend. How many pencils does Saanvi have left?
- 38.Joseph had 19 crayons and gave 15 to a friend. How many crayons does Joseph have left?
- 39.There are 20 boys and 9 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 40.What is 4 less than 5?
Answer key
- 2
- 9
- 11
- 1
- 6
- 12
- 6
- 15
- 6
- 7
- 2
- 5
- 1
- 16
- 16
- 2
- 2
- 7
- 8
- 10
- 5
- 14
- 1
- 1
- 6
- 12
- 3
- 5
- 2
- 8
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 2
- 6
- 14
- 5
- 4
- 11
- 1
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