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
- 1.5 − 4 =
- 2.What is 1 less than 7?
- 3.Kabir had 3 flowers and gave 1 to a friend. How many flowers does Kabir have left?
- 4.Zoya had 17 bananas and gave 14 to a friend. How many bananas does Zoya have left?
- 5.What is 2 less than 7?
- 6.4 − 1 =
- 7.15 − ? = 11
- 8.? − 18 = 2
- 9.4 − 3 =
- 10.Gurpreet had 13 balloons and gave 4 to a friend. How many balloons does Gurpreet have left?
- 11.3 − 1 =
- 12.12 − 6 =
- 13.Gurpreet had 18 marbles and gave 3 to a friend. How many marbles does Gurpreet have left?
- 14.5 − 3 =
- 15.19 − 11 =
- 16.12 − 1 =
- 17.There are 7 bottles and 5 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 18.? − 3 = 1
- 19.Kavya had 8 laddoos and gave 7 to a friend. How many laddoos does Kavya have left?
- 20.19 − 13 =
- 21.3 − 2 =
- 22.What is 11 less than 16?
- 23.9 − 7 =
- 24.? − 2 = 2
- 25.Zoya had 10 shells and gave 6 to a friend. How many shells does Zoya have left?
- 26.There are 3 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 27.Meera had 7 bananas and gave 3 to a friend. How many bananas does Meera have left?
- 28.Arjun had 19 flowers and gave 13 to a friend. How many flowers does Arjun have left?
- 29.What is 2 less than 8?
- 30.3 − ? = 1
- 31.Karan had 11 shells and gave 2 to a friend. How many shells does Karan have left?
- 32.There are 17 children and 9 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 33.20 − 14 =
- 34.What is 3 less than 15?
- 35.? − 12 = 1
- 36.There are 9 pencils and 5 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 37.What is 7 less than 16?
- 38.? − 2 = 1
- 39.What is 7 less than 9?
- 40.11 − ? = 4
Answer key
- 1
- 6
- 2
- 3
- 5
- 3
- 4
- 20
- 1
- 9
- 2
- 6
- 15
- 2
- 8
- 11
- 2
- 4
- 1
- 6
- 1
- 5
- 2
- 4
- 4
- 1
- 4
- 6
- 6
- 2
- 9
- 8
- 6
- 12
- 13
- 4
- 9
- 3
- 2
- 7
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