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 12 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 2.What is 4 less than 5?
- 3.8 − 4 =
- 4.4 − 3 =
- 5.? − 11 = 1
- 6.7 − 2 =
- 7.11 − ? = 9
- 8.There are 3 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 9.What is 10 less than 12?
- 10.14 − 1 =
- 11.Nisha had 5 crayons and gave 1 to a friend. How many crayons does Nisha have left?
- 12.There are 9 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 13.? − 1 = 11
- 14.5 − ? = 2
- 15.There are 11 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 16.What is 7 less than 10?
- 17.8 − ? = 1
- 18.There are 14 bottles and 10 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 19.There are 20 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 20.Zoya had 10 shells and gave 8 to a friend. How many shells does Zoya have left?
- 21.18 − 6 =
- 22.? − 8 = 10
- 23.Manav had 3 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Manav have left?
- 24.What is 2 less than 5?
- 25.Riya had 20 pencils and gave 14 to a friend. How many pencils does Riya have left?
- 26.Priya had 11 balls and gave 3 to a friend. How many balls does Priya have left?
- 27.14 − 8 =
- 28.There are 4 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 29.What is 4 less than 9?
- 30.2 − 1 =
- 31.8 − ? = 2
- 32.What is 4 less than 6?
- 33.6 − ? = 3
- 34.There are 11 cups and 10 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 35.What is 5 less than 18?
- 36.6 − 1 =
- 37.10 − 7 =
- 38.What is 1 less than 7?
- 39.There are 5 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 40.There are 19 boys and 14 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
Answer key
- 10
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 12
- 5
- 2
- 1
- 2
- 13
- 4
- 7
- 12
- 3
- 9
- 3
- 7
- 4
- 15
- 2
- 12
- 18
- 1
- 3
- 6
- 8
- 6
- 1
- 5
- 1
- 6
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 13
- 5
- 3
- 6
- 2
- 5
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