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 2 less than 20?
- 2.There are 19 boys and 15 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 3.Rahul had 7 books and gave 4 to a friend. How many books does Rahul have left?
- 4.10 − 9 =
- 5.14 − 6 =
- 6.There are 5 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 7.8 − 2 =
- 8.There are 4 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 9.Lakshmi had 18 kites and gave 5 to a friend. How many kites does Lakshmi have left?
- 10.? − 9 = 2
- 11.What is 3 less than 4?
- 12.Joseph had 20 balls and gave 17 to a friend. How many balls does Joseph have left?
- 13.What is 2 less than 18?
- 14.Isha had 10 balloons and gave 7 to a friend. How many balloons does Isha have left?
- 15.Joseph had 11 books and gave 10 to a friend. How many books does Joseph have left?
- 16.What is 3 less than 17?
- 17.There are 5 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 18.Gurpreet had 20 pencils and gave 11 to a friend. How many pencils does Gurpreet have left?
- 19.There are 15 birds and 12 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 20.14 − 12 =
- 21.Zoya had 3 laddoos and gave 2 to a friend. How many laddoos does Zoya have left?
- 22.5 − 1 =
- 23.There are 18 cups and 6 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 24.6 − 2 =
- 25.There are 20 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 26.Priya had 11 books and gave 1 to a friend. How many books does Priya have left?
- 27.Isha had 13 pencils and gave 11 to a friend. How many pencils does Isha have left?
- 28.? − 3 = 15
- 29.Priya had 15 bananas and gave 1 to a friend. How many bananas does Priya have left?
- 30.18 − 13 =
- 31.6 − 1 =
- 32.11 − ? = 6
- 33.9 − 3 =
- 34.Priya had 14 mangoes and gave 13 to a friend. How many mangoes does Priya have left?
- 35.What is 2 less than 16?
- 36.There are 12 pencils and 9 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 37.3 − 2 =
- 38.What is 10 less than 19?
- 39.What is 1 less than 2?
- 40.Ananya had 14 marbles and gave 2 to a friend. How many marbles does Ananya have left?
Answer key
- 18
- 4
- 3
- 1
- 8
- 2
- 6
- 1
- 13
- 11
- 1
- 3
- 16
- 3
- 1
- 14
- 1
- 9
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 12
- 4
- 16
- 10
- 2
- 18
- 14
- 5
- 5
- 5
- 6
- 1
- 14
- 3
- 1
- 9
- 1
- 12
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