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.Gurpreet had 15 laddoos and gave 2 to a friend. How many laddoos does Gurpreet have left?
- 2.14 − 9 =
- 3.16 − ? = 4
- 4.There are 5 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 5.What is 2 less than 5?
- 6.There are 13 cups and 7 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 7.There are 6 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 8.There are 15 pencils and 8 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 9.? − 9 = 2
- 10.6 − 3 =
- 11.Ishaan had 7 balls and gave 1 to a friend. How many balls does Ishaan have left?
- 12.4 − 1 =
- 13.What is 1 less than 3?
- 14.5 − 1 =
- 15.5 − 2 =
- 16.What is 8 less than 11?
- 17.There are 19 children and 11 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 18.? − 2 = 7
- 19.There are 17 children and 9 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 20.Meera had 8 mangoes and gave 2 to a friend. How many mangoes does Meera have left?
- 21.What is 1 less than 2?
- 22.6 − 5 =
- 23.Joseph had 9 balls and gave 8 to a friend. How many balls does Joseph have left?
- 24.6 − 2 =
- 25.There are 13 pencils and 11 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 26.3 − ? = 2
- 27.3 − 2 =
- 28.Farhan had 16 pencils and gave 13 to a friend. How many pencils does Farhan have left?
- 29.There are 16 cups and 9 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 30.There are 4 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 31.? − 3 = 8
- 32.11 − ? = 8
- 33.3 − 1 =
- 34.Dev had 16 crayons and gave 10 to a friend. How many crayons does Dev have left?
- 35.? − 3 = 7
- 36.Kabir had 6 bananas and gave 1 to a friend. How many bananas does Kabir have left?
- 37.9 − 4 =
- 38.Diya had 5 books and gave 2 to a friend. How many books does Diya have left?
- 39.14 − 3 =
- 40.16 − 15 =
Answer key
- 13
- 5
- 12
- 3
- 3
- 6
- 1
- 7
- 11
- 3
- 6
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 8
- 9
- 8
- 6
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 3
- 7
- 1
- 11
- 3
- 2
- 6
- 10
- 5
- 5
- 3
- 11
- 1
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