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 4 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 2.There are 19 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 3.? − 2 = 14
- 4.? − 5 = 1
- 5.Farhan had 19 balls and gave 6 to a friend. How many balls does Farhan have left?
- 6.What is 12 less than 20?
- 7.? − 2 = 3
- 8.What is 6 less than 9?
- 9.There are 11 pencils and 6 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 10.Rohan had 10 mangoes and gave 3 to a friend. How many mangoes does Rohan have left?
- 11.There are 6 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 12.9 − 2 =
- 13.There are 11 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 14.8 − 1 =
- 15.What is 3 less than 4?
- 16.? − 1 = 3
- 17.Manav had 14 marbles and gave 10 to a friend. How many marbles does Manav have left?
- 18.18 − 13 =
- 19.Saanvi had 3 shells and gave 2 to a friend. How many shells does Saanvi have left?
- 20.There are 19 birds and 15 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 21.Nisha had 11 books and gave 5 to a friend. How many books does Nisha have left?
- 22.What is 4 less than 15?
- 23.Sneha had 15 kites and gave 5 to a friend. How many kites does Sneha have left?
- 24.Aditya had 5 kites and gave 2 to a friend. How many kites does Aditya have left?
- 25.What is 10 less than 16?
- 26.There are 6 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 27.6 − 2 =
- 28.13 − ? = 3
- 29.There are 20 cups and 15 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 30.There are 5 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 31.? − 3 = 4
- 32.What is 1 less than 4?
- 33.? − 6 = 2
- 34.5 − 3 =
- 35.There are 12 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 36.Kavya had 19 kites and gave 8 to a friend. How many kites does Kavya have left?
- 37.There are 20 pencils and 18 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 38.There are 17 boys and 11 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 39.What is 14 less than 17?
- 40.? − 3 = 1
Answer key
- 2
- 16
- 16
- 6
- 13
- 8
- 5
- 3
- 5
- 7
- 1
- 7
- 8
- 7
- 1
- 4
- 4
- 5
- 1
- 4
- 6
- 11
- 10
- 3
- 6
- 3
- 4
- 10
- 5
- 1
- 7
- 3
- 8
- 2
- 9
- 11
- 2
- 6
- 3
- 4
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