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 5 bottles and 4 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 2.What is 2 less than 6?
- 3.There are 12 birds and 9 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 4.There are 8 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 5.Arjun had 19 mangoes and gave 11 to a friend. How many mangoes does Arjun have left?
- 6.What is 2 less than 12?
- 7.There are 17 boys and 6 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 8.There are 11 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 9.16 − 1 =
- 10.Kavya had 12 crayons and gave 8 to a friend. How many crayons does Kavya have left?
- 11.Aarav had 7 balls and gave 1 to a friend. How many balls does Aarav have left?
- 12.7 − 6 =
- 13.10 − ? = 9
- 14.? − 5 = 9
- 15.2 − 1 =
- 16.What is 10 less than 12?
- 17.? − 3 = 7
- 18.What is 4 less than 12?
- 19.Gurpreet had 20 marbles and gave 6 to a friend. How many marbles does Gurpreet have left?
- 20.There are 10 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 21.16 − ? = 4
- 22.There are 15 children and 11 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 23.Rohan had 6 marbles and gave 2 to a friend. How many marbles does Rohan have left?
- 24.There are 10 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 25.3 − ? = 2
- 26.Rohan had 7 books and gave 3 to a friend. How many books does Rohan have left?
- 27.Priya had 3 flowers and gave 1 to a friend. How many flowers does Priya have left?
- 28.13 − 4 =
- 29.What is 4 less than 5?
- 30.5 − 2 =
- 31.5 − 1 =
- 32.8 − 1 =
- 33.Manav had 7 kites and gave 5 to a friend. How many kites does Manav have left?
- 34.13 − 2 =
- 35.12 − 11 =
- 36.? − 12 = 2
- 37.17 − 7 =
- 38.Tara had 8 bananas and gave 6 to a friend. How many bananas does Tara have left?
- 39.There are 4 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 40.What is 1 less than 16?
Answer key
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 5
- 8
- 10
- 11
- 9
- 15
- 4
- 6
- 1
- 1
- 14
- 1
- 2
- 10
- 8
- 14
- 4
- 12
- 4
- 4
- 7
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 9
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 7
- 2
- 11
- 1
- 14
- 10
- 2
- 1
- 15
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