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Class 1 Maths Worksheet: Subtraction

Maths worksheets lesson 4: Subtraction up to 20 · Set 161 · 40 sums
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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. 1.There are 4 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
  2. 2.? − 1 = 2
  3. 3.What is 1 less than 8?
  4. 4.16 − ? = 1
  5. 5.10 − 1 =
  6. 6.There are 17 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
  7. 7.5 − 3 =
  8. 8.9 − 7 =
  9. 9.There are 11 pencils and 8 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
  10. 10.What is 5 less than 7?
  11. 11.Rahul had 18 balls and gave 8 to a friend. How many balls does Rahul have left?
  12. 12.2 − 1 =
  13. 13.There are 8 pencils and 7 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
  14. 14.There are 20 children and 19 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
  15. 15.? − 4 = 7
  16. 16.There are 16 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
  17. 17.11 − 1 =
  18. 18.? − 5 = 9
  19. 19.? − 2 = 1
  20. 20.There are 20 bottles and 16 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
  21. 21.What is 2 less than 3?
  22. 22.? − 6 = 4
  23. 23.Aditya had 13 balloons and gave 8 to a friend. How many balloons does Aditya have left?
  24. 24.Sneha had 9 bananas and gave 1 to a friend. How many bananas does Sneha have left?
  25. 25.What is 4 less than 5?
  26. 26.Priya had 8 flowers and gave 7 to a friend. How many flowers does Priya have left?
  27. 27.There are 7 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
  28. 28.14 − 4 =
  29. 29.Dev had 9 pencils and gave 2 to a friend. How many pencils does Dev have left?
  30. 30.Nisha had 11 mangoes and gave 2 to a friend. How many mangoes does Nisha have left?
  31. 31.Kabir had 3 marbles and gave 2 to a friend. How many marbles does Kabir have left?
  32. 32.There are 15 bottles and 4 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
  33. 33.Arjun had 5 marbles and gave 3 to a friend. How many marbles does Arjun have left?
  34. 34.17 − ? = 12
  35. 35.There are 14 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
  36. 36.? − 10 = 3
  37. 37.? − 2 = 3
  38. 38.Lakshmi had 18 shells and gave 13 to a friend. How many shells does Lakshmi have left?
  39. 39.What is 7 less than 9?
  40. 40.What is 11 less than 15?

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 7
  4. 15
  5. 9
  6. 14
  7. 2
  8. 2
  9. 3
  10. 2
  11. 10
  12. 1
  13. 1
  14. 1
  15. 11
  16. 13
  17. 10
  18. 14
  19. 3
  20. 4
  21. 1
  22. 10
  23. 5
  24. 8
  25. 1
  26. 1
  27. 4
  28. 10
  29. 7
  30. 9
  31. 1
  32. 11
  33. 2
  34. 5
  35. 8
  36. 13
  37. 5
  38. 5
  39. 2
  40. 4

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