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 1 less than 3?
- 2.What is 1 less than 2?
- 3.There are 6 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 4.? − 3 = 3
- 5.What is 7 less than 17?
- 6.What is 2 less than 8?
- 7.Ananya had 8 shells and gave 6 to a friend. How many shells does Ananya have left?
- 8.What is 14 less than 15?
- 9.? − 2 = 18
- 10.What is 2 less than 11?
- 11.Dev had 4 marbles and gave 2 to a friend. How many marbles does Dev have left?
- 12.? − 4 = 6
- 13.What is 8 less than 12?
- 14.There are 7 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 15.18 − 12 =
- 16.There are 9 pencils and 7 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 17.What is 10 less than 18?
- 18.Pooja had 11 marbles and gave 10 to a friend. How many marbles does Pooja have left?
- 19.Sneha had 15 laddoos and gave 10 to a friend. How many laddoos does Sneha have left?
- 20.? − 6 = 12
- 21.14 − ? = 12
- 22.15 − ? = 3
- 23.19 − 18 =
- 24.Diya had 14 balls and gave 3 to a friend. How many balls does Diya have left?
- 25.There are 6 bottles and 4 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 26.There are 3 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 27.? − 5 = 2
- 28.3 − ? = 1
- 29.Lakshmi had 8 pencils and gave 6 to a friend. How many pencils does Lakshmi have left?
- 30.What is 1 less than 8?
- 31.? − 4 = 2
- 32.6 − ? = 5
- 33.Arjun had 4 books and gave 1 to a friend. How many books does Arjun have left?
- 34.Ishaan had 12 balloons and gave 5 to a friend. How many balloons does Ishaan have left?
- 35.Ishaan had 7 mangoes and gave 1 to a friend. How many mangoes does Ishaan have left?
- 36.? − 3 = 11
- 37.Manav had 9 balls and gave 4 to a friend. How many balls does Manav have left?
- 38.2 − 1 =
- 39.18 − 7 =
- 40.What is 2 less than 3?
Answer key
- 2
- 1
- 2
- 6
- 10
- 6
- 2
- 1
- 20
- 9
- 2
- 10
- 4
- 3
- 6
- 2
- 8
- 1
- 5
- 18
- 2
- 12
- 1
- 11
- 2
- 1
- 7
- 2
- 2
- 7
- 6
- 1
- 3
- 7
- 6
- 14
- 5
- 1
- 11
- 1
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