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.
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- 1.There are 3 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 2.What is 4 less than 7?
- 3.There are 7 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 4.9 − 7 =
- 5.There are 5 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 6.Zoya had 14 marbles and gave 13 to a friend. How many marbles does Zoya have left?
- 7.Gurpreet had 5 bananas and gave 4 to a friend. How many bananas does Gurpreet have left?
- 8.Kabir had 19 marbles and gave 6 to a friend. How many marbles does Kabir have left?
- 9.Pooja had 14 mangoes and gave 6 to a friend. How many mangoes does Pooja have left?
- 10.Rohan had 14 flowers and gave 3 to a friend. How many flowers does Rohan have left?
- 11.11 − 5 =
- 12.Aditya had 10 flowers and gave 2 to a friend. How many flowers does Aditya have left?
- 13.There are 11 birds and 4 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 14.18 − ? = 8
- 15.? − 8 = 6
- 16.There are 16 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 17.? − 16 = 1
- 18.Nisha had 8 kites and gave 1 to a friend. How many kites does Nisha have left?
- 19.9 − 1 =
- 20.16 − 6 =
- 21.There are 3 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 22.2 − 1 =
- 23.There are 17 children and 16 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 24.? − 3 = 17
- 25.There are 12 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 26.What is 5 less than 13?
- 27.There are 16 pencils and 12 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 28.18 − ? = 6
- 29.7 − 6 =
- 30.Riya had 6 balloons and gave 5 to a friend. How many balloons does Riya have left?
- 31.Kabir had 12 balloons and gave 9 to a friend. How many balloons does Kabir have left?
- 32.What is 2 less than 7?
- 33.There are 18 bottles and 16 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 34.11 − 9 =
- 35.Priya had 5 kites and gave 2 to a friend. How many kites does Priya have left?
- 36.What is 4 less than 5?
- 37.Arjun had 9 shells and gave 3 to a friend. How many shells does Arjun have left?
- 38.17 − ? = 10
- 39.6 − 1 =
- 40.20 − 11 =
Answer key
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 2
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 13
- 8
- 11
- 6
- 8
- 7
- 10
- 14
- 13
- 17
- 7
- 8
- 10
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 20
- 7
- 8
- 4
- 12
- 1
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 2
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 6
- 7
- 5
- 9
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