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 14 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 2.What is 1 less than 2?
- 3.13 − 1 =
- 4.12 − 10 =
- 5.There are 12 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 6.What is 2 less than 18?
- 7.Tara had 10 books and gave 5 to a friend. How many books does Tara have left?
- 8.? − 2 = 3
- 9.There are 11 children and 10 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 10.? − 4 = 1
- 11.Kabir had 5 balls and gave 3 to a friend. How many balls does Kabir have left?
- 12.8 − 1 =
- 13.There are 4 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 14.Gurpreet had 5 flowers and gave 1 to a friend. How many flowers does Gurpreet have left?
- 15.Arjun had 7 pencils and gave 2 to a friend. How many pencils does Arjun have left?
- 16.5 − 2 =
- 17.20 − 8 =
- 18.Arjun had 10 books and gave 3 to a friend. How many books does Arjun have left?
- 19.What is 3 less than 7?
- 20.What is 2 less than 7?
- 21.What is 2 less than 13?
- 22.There are 9 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 23.19 − 17 =
- 24.20 − ? = 5
- 25.There are 15 children and 9 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 26.8 − 4 =
- 27.There are 11 bottles and 9 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 28.Aarav had 3 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Aarav have left?
- 29.Kabir had 11 shells and gave 3 to a friend. How many shells does Kabir have left?
- 30.There are 17 boys and 9 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 31.Nisha had 14 pencils and gave 4 to a friend. How many pencils does Nisha have left?
- 32.? − 1 = 2
- 33.7 − ? = 4
- 34.12 − ? = 1
- 35.? − 4 = 14
- 36.? − 4 = 4
- 37.There are 17 cups and 14 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 38.There are 6 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 39.5 − 3 =
- 40.19 − 10 =
Answer key
- 8
- 1
- 12
- 2
- 9
- 16
- 5
- 5
- 1
- 5
- 2
- 7
- 2
- 4
- 5
- 3
- 12
- 7
- 4
- 5
- 11
- 3
- 2
- 15
- 6
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 8
- 8
- 10
- 3
- 3
- 11
- 18
- 8
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 9
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