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
- 1.13 − 9 =
- 2.There are 8 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 3.8 − ? = 7
- 4.There are 5 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 5.11 − 10 =
- 6.Joseph had 11 balls and gave 3 to a friend. How many balls does Joseph have left?
- 7.6 − ? = 5
- 8.14 − 11 =
- 9.9 − ? = 3
- 10.There are 17 pencils and 5 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 11.Diya had 4 laddoos and gave 3 to a friend. How many laddoos does Diya have left?
- 12.19 − ? = 14
- 13.There are 18 boys and 5 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 14.Isha had 10 balloons and gave 9 to a friend. How many balloons does Isha have left?
- 15.What is 1 less than 3?
- 16.17 − 9 =
- 17.Karan had 20 bananas and gave 11 to a friend. How many bananas does Karan have left?
- 18.There are 20 boys and 9 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 19.What is 12 less than 20?
- 20.Sneha had 7 pencils and gave 6 to a friend. How many pencils does Sneha have left?
- 21.There are 13 boys and 5 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 22.2 − 1 =
- 23.What is 3 less than 15?
- 24.16 − 9 =
- 25.3 − ? = 1
- 26.There are 6 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 27.There are 9 birds and 8 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 28.3 − 2 =
- 29.16 − 13 =
- 30.7 − 2 =
- 31.10 − ? = 8
- 32.? − 1 = 3
- 33.What is 3 less than 16?
- 34.Kabir had 14 shells and gave 7 to a friend. How many shells does Kabir have left?
- 35.There are 18 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 36.? − 3 = 8
- 37.6 − 2 =
- 38.12 − 5 =
- 39.16 − 12 =
- 40.What is 13 less than 16?
Answer key
- 4
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 1
- 8
- 1
- 3
- 6
- 12
- 1
- 5
- 13
- 1
- 2
- 8
- 9
- 11
- 8
- 1
- 8
- 1
- 12
- 7
- 2
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 2
- 4
- 13
- 7
- 16
- 11
- 4
- 7
- 4
- 3
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