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.Ananya had 19 marbles and gave 14 to a friend. How many marbles does Ananya have left?
- 2.7 − 1 =
- 3.There are 17 boys and 8 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 4.There are 14 boys and 6 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 5.6 − 4 =
- 6.11 − 4 =
- 7.Gurpreet had 8 laddoos and gave 5 to a friend. How many laddoos does Gurpreet have left?
- 8.11 − ? = 10
- 9.There are 4 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 10.What is 5 less than 12?
- 11.Isha had 16 flowers and gave 13 to a friend. How many flowers does Isha have left?
- 12.Gurpreet had 12 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Gurpreet have left?
- 13.10 − ? = 3
- 14.9 − 7 =
- 15.20 − ? = 12
- 16.Tara had 3 kites and gave 1 to a friend. How many kites does Tara have left?
- 17.3 − ? = 1
- 18.What is 10 less than 17?
- 19.17 − ? = 12
- 20.4 − 3 =
- 21.There are 11 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 22.Aarav had 4 books and gave 1 to a friend. How many books does Aarav have left?
- 23.16 − 1 =
- 24.What is 6 less than 13?
- 25.20 − 3 =
- 26.13 − ? = 9
- 27.Dev had 7 crayons and gave 3 to a friend. How many crayons does Dev have left?
- 28.13 − 11 =
- 29.Meera had 17 flowers and gave 13 to a friend. How many flowers does Meera have left?
- 30.16 − 5 =
- 31.There are 8 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 32.There are 3 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 33.Lakshmi had 19 mangoes and gave 3 to a friend. How many mangoes does Lakshmi have left?
- 34.There are 10 cups and 7 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 35.Dev had 13 mangoes and gave 2 to a friend. How many mangoes does Dev have left?
- 36.What is 1 less than 20?
- 37.There are 16 birds and 12 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 38.What is 1 less than 4?
- 39.3 − 1 =
- 40.19 − ? = 14
Answer key
- 5
- 6
- 9
- 8
- 2
- 7
- 3
- 1
- 1
- 7
- 3
- 9
- 7
- 2
- 8
- 2
- 2
- 7
- 5
- 1
- 5
- 3
- 15
- 7
- 17
- 4
- 4
- 2
- 4
- 11
- 4
- 1
- 16
- 3
- 11
- 19
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 5
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