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 10?
- 2.7 − ? = 2
- 3.11 − 5 =
- 4.What is 13 less than 18?
- 5.Priya had 12 crayons and gave 4 to a friend. How many crayons does Priya have left?
- 6.Lakshmi had 4 shells and gave 2 to a friend. How many shells does Lakshmi have left?
- 7.Tara had 15 books and gave 9 to a friend. How many books does Tara have left?
- 8.? − 6 = 11
- 9.There are 4 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 10.What is 1 less than 2?
- 11.? − 2 = 5
- 12.Kavya had 16 bananas and gave 7 to a friend. How many bananas does Kavya have left?
- 13.What is 1 less than 4?
- 14.Kabir had 12 balls and gave 10 to a friend. How many balls does Kabir have left?
- 15.Priya had 6 pencils and gave 4 to a friend. How many pencils does Priya have left?
- 16.13 − 4 =
- 17.There are 10 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 18.? − 1 = 9
- 19.15 − ? = 6
- 20.20 − 18 =
- 21.Karan had 20 marbles and gave 13 to a friend. How many marbles does Karan have left?
- 22.There are 16 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 23.Kabir had 9 marbles and gave 8 to a friend. How many marbles does Kabir have left?
- 24.Vivaan had 5 pencils and gave 4 to a friend. How many pencils does Vivaan have left?
- 25.16 − 5 =
- 26.15 − 5 =
- 27.4 − ? = 3
- 28.20 − ? = 7
- 29.What is 5 less than 6?
- 30.? − 6 = 3
- 31.? − 1 = 5
- 32.? − 6 = 1
- 33.3 − 2 =
- 34.What is 11 less than 14?
- 35.? − 3 = 7
- 36.There are 4 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 37.There are 9 cups and 5 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 38.There are 5 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 39.11 − ? = 4
- 40.There are 15 boys and 13 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
Answer key
- 9
- 5
- 6
- 5
- 8
- 2
- 6
- 17
- 1
- 1
- 7
- 9
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 9
- 7
- 10
- 9
- 2
- 7
- 14
- 1
- 1
- 11
- 10
- 1
- 13
- 1
- 9
- 6
- 7
- 1
- 3
- 10
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 7
- 2
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