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 8?
- 2.Pooja had 3 shells and gave 2 to a friend. How many shells does Pooja have left?
- 3.There are 6 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 4.Sneha had 16 crayons and gave 7 to a friend. How many crayons does Sneha have left?
- 5.Pooja had 5 mangoes and gave 1 to a friend. How many mangoes does Pooja have left?
- 6.12 − 6 =
- 7.11 − 5 =
- 8.There are 13 pencils and 12 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 9.There are 18 pencils and 13 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 10.There are 7 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 11.What is 2 less than 3?
- 12.There are 6 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 13.What is 6 less than 8?
- 14.What is 6 less than 10?
- 15.What is 5 less than 6?
- 16.What is 1 less than 2?
- 17.What is 7 less than 14?
- 18.? − 5 = 6
- 19.There are 14 children and 13 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 20.What is 2 less than 4?
- 21.What is 1 less than 4?
- 22.There are 16 boys and 12 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 23.Tara had 16 kites and gave 4 to a friend. How many kites does Tara have left?
- 24.? − 13 = 2
- 25.Ananya had 14 laddoos and gave 12 to a friend. How many laddoos does Ananya have left?
- 26.What is 1 less than 20?
- 27.Rohan had 16 flowers and gave 9 to a friend. How many flowers does Rohan have left?
- 28.5 − 3 =
- 29.Dev had 11 shells and gave 6 to a friend. How many shells does Dev have left?
- 30.What is 13 less than 17?
- 31.There are 3 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 32.There are 4 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 33.2 − 1 =
- 34.? − 1 = 5
- 35.5 − ? = 4
- 36.What is 7 less than 8?
- 37.13 − 12 =
- 38.3 − 2 =
- 39.? − 3 = 2
- 40.What is 4 less than 7?
Answer key
- 6
- 1
- 3
- 9
- 4
- 6
- 6
- 1
- 5
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 1
- 1
- 7
- 11
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 12
- 15
- 2
- 19
- 7
- 2
- 5
- 4
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 6
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 5
- 3
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