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 9 less than 10?
- 2.4 − 1 =
- 3.What is 1 less than 11?
- 4.14 − 2 =
- 5.What is 9 less than 20?
- 6.There are 20 bottles and 18 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 7.17 − 11 =
- 8.Priya had 11 shells and gave 1 to a friend. How many shells does Priya have left?
- 9.10 − 1 =
- 10.What is 1 less than 2?
- 11.5 − 3 =
- 12.There are 8 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 13.Karan had 10 marbles and gave 2 to a friend. How many marbles does Karan have left?
- 14.Priya had 5 shells and gave 2 to a friend. How many shells does Priya have left?
- 15.Ishaan had 6 marbles and gave 3 to a friend. How many marbles does Ishaan have left?
- 16.Meera had 6 pencils and gave 3 to a friend. How many pencils does Meera have left?
- 17.6 − 4 =
- 18.There are 6 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 19.There are 4 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 20.What is 2 less than 3?
- 21.What is 5 less than 7?
- 22.? − 12 = 5
- 23.There are 12 pencils and 11 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 24.What is 3 less than 12?
- 25.3 − 2 =
- 26.What is 6 less than 11?
- 27.There are 7 cups and 6 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 28.Tara had 10 kites and gave 8 to a friend. How many kites does Tara have left?
- 29.3 − ? = 1
- 30.Priya had 18 balloons and gave 4 to a friend. How many balloons does Priya have left?
- 31.17 − ? = 7
- 32.There are 8 pencils and 7 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 33.Sneha had 6 kites and gave 3 to a friend. How many kites does Sneha have left?
- 34.What is 8 less than 14?
- 35.There are 18 children and 16 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 36.What is 1 less than 4?
- 37.There are 14 boys and 12 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 38.6 − 3 =
- 39.8 − ? = 5
- 40.There are 7 birds and 4 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
Answer key
- 1
- 3
- 10
- 12
- 11
- 2
- 6
- 10
- 9
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 8
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 2
- 17
- 1
- 9
- 1
- 5
- 1
- 2
- 2
- 14
- 10
- 1
- 3
- 6
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 3
- 3
- 3
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