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.There are 7 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 2.? − 3 = 1
- 3.Diya had 7 flowers and gave 4 to a friend. How many flowers does Diya have left?
- 4.There are 3 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 5.? − 1 = 2
- 6.What is 1 less than 3?
- 7.? − 2 = 8
- 8.What is 9 less than 16?
- 9.There are 9 boys and 8 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 10.There are 15 bottles and 10 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 11.Kavya had 12 balloons and gave 4 to a friend. How many balloons does Kavya have left?
- 12.Gurpreet had 8 kites and gave 4 to a friend. How many kites does Gurpreet have left?
- 13.There are 5 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 14.? − 6 = 2
- 15.There are 18 birds and 14 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 16.What is 1 less than 20?
- 17.Karan had 6 books and gave 1 to a friend. How many books does Karan have left?
- 18.There are 6 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 19.Karan had 18 laddoos and gave 6 to a friend. How many laddoos does Karan have left?
- 20.7 − 4 =
- 21.Aarav had 14 pencils and gave 8 to a friend. How many pencils does Aarav have left?
- 22.3 − 2 =
- 23.11 − 4 =
- 24.6 − ? = 2
- 25.13 − ? = 3
- 26.What is 1 less than 5?
- 27.Kavya had 7 flowers and gave 4 to a friend. How many flowers does Kavya have left?
- 28.Kavya had 3 kites and gave 1 to a friend. How many kites does Kavya have left?
- 29.What is 4 less than 6?
- 30.9 − 2 =
- 31.Gurpreet had 4 pencils and gave 1 to a friend. How many pencils does Gurpreet have left?
- 32.? − 4 = 1
- 33.Sneha had 6 pencils and gave 5 to a friend. How many pencils does Sneha have left?
- 34.Gurpreet had 4 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Gurpreet have left?
- 35.There are 7 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 36.What is 3 less than 7?
- 37.? − 15 = 3
- 38.19 − 18 =
- 39.What is 7 less than 10?
- 40.5 − 1 =
Answer key
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 10
- 7
- 1
- 5
- 8
- 4
- 1
- 8
- 4
- 19
- 5
- 3
- 12
- 3
- 6
- 1
- 7
- 4
- 10
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 7
- 3
- 5
- 1
- 1
- 5
- 4
- 18
- 1
- 3
- 4
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