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.
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- 1.There are 10 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 2.Farhan had 18 books and gave 9 to a friend. How many books does Farhan have left?
- 3.There are 3 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 4.There are 18 cups and 10 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 5.11 − 2 =
- 6.18 − 6 =
- 7.Gurpreet had 16 pencils and gave 6 to a friend. How many pencils does Gurpreet have left?
- 8.Aarav had 11 flowers and gave 1 to a friend. How many flowers does Aarav have left?
- 9.Karan had 3 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Karan have left?
- 10.13 − 10 =
- 11.19 − 10 =
- 12.There are 16 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 13.Rahul had 4 balls and gave 1 to a friend. How many balls does Rahul have left?
- 14.? − 6 = 1
- 15.? − 3 = 14
- 16.Aarav had 14 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Aarav have left?
- 17.There are 15 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 18.18 − ? = 9
- 19.What is 2 less than 7?
- 20.There are 11 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 21.There are 16 birds and 12 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 22.12 − 10 =
- 23.What is 4 less than 7?
- 24.There are 10 pencils and 9 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 25.There are 17 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 26.There are 20 children and 17 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 27.5 − 3 =
- 28.Nisha had 7 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Nisha have left?
- 29.There are 10 bottles and 9 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 30.There are 7 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 31.? − 3 = 8
- 32.What is 4 less than 5?
- 33.? − 2 = 2
- 34.There are 11 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 35.10 − ? = 7
- 36.Rohan had 10 balloons and gave 7 to a friend. How many balloons does Rohan have left?
- 37.12 − ? = 2
- 38.There are 16 birds and 7 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 39.Gurpreet had 16 mangoes and gave 5 to a friend. How many mangoes does Gurpreet have left?
- 40.There are 8 boys and 5 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
Answer key
- 8
- 9
- 1
- 8
- 9
- 12
- 10
- 10
- 2
- 3
- 9
- 14
- 3
- 7
- 17
- 11
- 12
- 9
- 5
- 9
- 4
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 14
- 3
- 2
- 6
- 1
- 2
- 11
- 1
- 4
- 6
- 3
- 3
- 10
- 9
- 11
- 3
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