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 16?
- 2.15 − 6 =
- 3.What is 7 less than 9?
- 4.Arjun had 14 kites and gave 5 to a friend. How many kites does Arjun have left?
- 5.10 − 2 =
- 6.Farhan had 19 laddoos and gave 13 to a friend. How many laddoos does Farhan have left?
- 7.What is 14 less than 15?
- 8.What is 5 less than 13?
- 9.Zoya had 10 mangoes and gave 5 to a friend. How many mangoes does Zoya have left?
- 10.? − 2 = 1
- 11.17 − 5 =
- 12.? − 2 = 3
- 13.Dev had 15 balloons and gave 9 to a friend. How many balloons does Dev have left?
- 14.14 − ? = 12
- 15.7 − ? = 5
- 16.Lakshmi had 11 books and gave 9 to a friend. How many books does Lakshmi have left?
- 17.There are 6 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 18.What is 3 less than 4?
- 19.Farhan had 11 books and gave 1 to a friend. How many books does Farhan have left?
- 20.5 − 4 =
- 21.What is 2 less than 5?
- 22.What is 1 less than 5?
- 23.18 − 2 =
- 24.11 − 1 =
- 25.There are 6 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 26.12 − ? = 11
- 27.13 − 7 =
- 28.What is 9 less than 12?
- 29.Gurpreet had 11 books and gave 6 to a friend. How many books does Gurpreet have left?
- 30.4 − 3 =
- 31.14 − ? = 9
- 32.9 − 4 =
- 33.There are 19 bottles and 14 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 34.17 − ? = 10
- 35.7 − 1 =
- 36.3 − 1 =
- 37.14 − 8 =
- 38.What is 5 less than 10?
- 39.4 − 1 =
- 40.What is 1 less than 6?
Answer key
- 15
- 9
- 2
- 9
- 8
- 6
- 1
- 8
- 5
- 3
- 12
- 5
- 6
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 10
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 16
- 10
- 3
- 1
- 6
- 3
- 5
- 1
- 5
- 5
- 5
- 7
- 6
- 2
- 6
- 5
- 3
- 5
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