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.? − 8 = 4
- 2.5 − 3 =
- 3.There are 4 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 4.? − 9 = 7
- 5.20 − 16 =
- 6.There are 13 birds and 10 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 7.There are 5 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 8.6 − 5 =
- 9.What is 1 less than 3?
- 10.15 − ? = 8
- 11.What is 1 less than 2?
- 12.What is 11 less than 14?
- 13.14 − 1 =
- 14.There are 5 bottles and 4 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 15.20 − ? = 3
- 16.There are 17 boys and 9 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 17.15 − 11 =
- 18.16 − ? = 8
- 19.What is 4 less than 12?
- 20.? − 13 = 6
- 21.Manav had 9 laddoos and gave 6 to a friend. How many laddoos does Manav have left?
- 22.13 − ? = 2
- 23.Gurpreet had 3 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Gurpreet have left?
- 24.What is 1 less than 6?
- 25.There are 11 cups and 10 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 26.Aditya had 4 flowers and gave 1 to a friend. How many flowers does Aditya have left?
- 27.17 − 4 =
- 28.There are 8 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 29.12 − 8 =
- 30.10 − 8 =
- 31.Meera had 7 balls and gave 2 to a friend. How many balls does Meera have left?
- 32.3 − 1 =
- 33.? − 13 = 1
- 34.13 − 1 =
- 35.There are 6 bottles and 5 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 36.What is 2 less than 7?
- 37.Rahul had 11 books and gave 10 to a friend. How many books does Rahul have left?
- 38.7 − 5 =
- 39.18 − 16 =
- 40.? − 6 = 10
Answer key
- 12
- 2
- 2
- 16
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 2
- 7
- 1
- 3
- 13
- 1
- 17
- 8
- 4
- 8
- 8
- 19
- 3
- 11
- 2
- 5
- 1
- 3
- 13
- 6
- 4
- 2
- 5
- 2
- 14
- 12
- 1
- 5
- 1
- 2
- 2
- 16
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