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 13?
- 2.What is 1 less than 4?
- 3.16 − 3 =
- 4.8 − 2 =
- 5.What is 1 less than 2?
- 6.Dev had 14 shells and gave 11 to a friend. How many shells does Dev have left?
- 7.There are 6 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 8.There are 17 pencils and 13 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 9.What is 1 less than 7?
- 10.What is 6 less than 16?
- 11.15 − 5 =
- 12.What is 1 less than 5?
- 13.7 − 2 =
- 14.3 − ? = 1
- 15.What is 2 less than 10?
- 16.? − 17 = 2
- 17.? − 1 = 9
- 18.What is 2 less than 6?
- 19.Kavya had 11 laddoos and gave 3 to a friend. How many laddoos does Kavya have left?
- 20.What is 9 less than 20?
- 21.Kabir had 6 flowers and gave 1 to a friend. How many flowers does Kabir have left?
- 22.3 − 1 =
- 23.6 − ? = 2
- 24.What is 4 less than 7?
- 25.15 − 6 =
- 26.6 − 5 =
- 27.What is 9 less than 12?
- 28.Ananya had 15 balls and gave 9 to a friend. How many balls does Ananya have left?
- 29.6 − 2 =
- 30.? − 3 = 2
- 31.19 − 5 =
- 32.There are 9 pencils and 5 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 33.3 − 2 =
- 34.Aditya had 4 mangoes and gave 3 to a friend. How many mangoes does Aditya have left?
- 35.There are 12 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 36.There are 12 birds and 10 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 37.10 − 6 =
- 38.There are 10 cups and 6 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 39.Joseph had 4 flowers and gave 2 to a friend. How many flowers does Joseph have left?
- 40.16 − ? = 14
Answer key
- 12
- 3
- 13
- 6
- 1
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 6
- 10
- 10
- 4
- 5
- 2
- 8
- 19
- 10
- 4
- 8
- 11
- 5
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 9
- 1
- 3
- 6
- 4
- 5
- 14
- 4
- 1
- 1
- 7
- 2
- 4
- 4
- 2
- 2
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