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.? − 2 = 2
- 2.What is 3 less than 14?
- 3.There are 11 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 4.There are 6 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 5.9 − ? = 4
- 6.6 − 4 =
- 7.What is 10 less than 17?
- 8.11 − 2 =
- 9.Zoya had 14 balloons and gave 5 to a friend. How many balloons does Zoya have left?
- 10.? − 4 = 9
- 11.What is 1 less than 3?
- 12.? − 1 = 2
- 13.2 − 1 =
- 14.There are 15 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 15.12 − ? = 5
- 16.10 − ? = 8
- 17.17 − 12 =
- 18.10 − ? = 2
- 19.8 − ? = 2
- 20.What is 3 less than 11?
- 21.? − 3 = 1
- 22.There are 19 bottles and 17 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 23.8 − 5 =
- 24.There are 12 boys and 10 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 25.10 − 9 =
- 26.12 − 8 =
- 27.19 − ? = 1
- 28.There are 12 cups and 10 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 29.There are 7 birds and 6 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 30.15 − 10 =
- 31.What is 6 less than 8?
- 32.Dev had 9 marbles and gave 1 to a friend. How many marbles does Dev have left?
- 33.? − 2 = 8
- 34.15 − 13 =
- 35.What is 8 less than 14?
- 36.? − 11 = 2
- 37.There are 12 pencils and 11 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 38.There are 10 birds and 4 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 39.What is 3 less than 6?
- 40.There are 13 pencils and 5 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
Answer key
- 4
- 11
- 8
- 1
- 5
- 2
- 7
- 9
- 9
- 13
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 12
- 7
- 2
- 5
- 8
- 6
- 8
- 4
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 18
- 2
- 1
- 5
- 2
- 8
- 10
- 2
- 6
- 13
- 1
- 6
- 3
- 8
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