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.What is 4 less than 9?
- 2.3 − 2 =
- 3.What is 2 less than 16?
- 4.? − 10 = 8
- 5.8 − ? = 6
- 6.7 − 6 =
- 7.? − 4 = 2
- 8.4 − 1 =
- 9.9 − 1 =
- 10.There are 8 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 11.There are 16 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 12.There are 20 birds and 12 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 13.What is 11 less than 19?
- 14.What is 3 less than 10?
- 15.8 − 4 =
- 16.Gurpreet had 14 flowers and gave 9 to a friend. How many flowers does Gurpreet have left?
- 17.Lakshmi had 5 balls and gave 1 to a friend. How many balls does Lakshmi have left?
- 18.Kabir had 9 marbles and gave 2 to a friend. How many marbles does Kabir have left?
- 19.19 − 8 =
- 20.Arjun had 7 laddoos and gave 2 to a friend. How many laddoos does Arjun have left?
- 21.There are 14 cups and 8 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 22.Aditya had 18 flowers and gave 6 to a friend. How many flowers does Aditya have left?
- 23.There are 16 boys and 14 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 24.5 − 2 =
- 25.5 − ? = 4
- 26.What is 8 less than 16?
- 27.? − 6 = 4
- 28.19 − 10 =
- 29.Meera had 7 marbles and gave 4 to a friend. How many marbles does Meera have left?
- 30.13 − 11 =
- 31.? − 11 = 1
- 32.19 − 9 =
- 33.What is 6 less than 7?
- 34.Aditya had 19 books and gave 5 to a friend. How many books does Aditya have left?
- 35.20 − 12 =
- 36.There are 3 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 37.11 − 8 =
- 38.15 − 14 =
- 39.10 − ? = 8
- 40.7 − ? = 6
Answer key
- 5
- 1
- 14
- 18
- 2
- 1
- 6
- 3
- 8
- 3
- 10
- 8
- 8
- 7
- 4
- 5
- 4
- 7
- 11
- 5
- 6
- 12
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 8
- 10
- 9
- 3
- 2
- 12
- 10
- 1
- 14
- 8
- 1
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 1
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