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 =
- 2.9 − 7 =
- 3.What is 3 less than 8?
- 4.Manav had 10 kites and gave 2 to a friend. How many kites does Manav have left?
- 5.? − 2 = 3
- 6.What is 3 less than 4?
- 7.4 − ? = 1
- 8.What is 3 less than 14?
- 9.Ananya had 13 marbles and gave 8 to a friend. How many marbles does Ananya have left?
- 10.14 − 8 =
- 11.20 − 19 =
- 12.Ananya had 9 shells and gave 7 to a friend. How many shells does Ananya have left?
- 13.18 − 8 =
- 14.13 − 6 =
- 15.Kavya had 6 pencils and gave 3 to a friend. How many pencils does Kavya have left?
- 16.4 − 3 =
- 17.There are 7 boys and 6 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 18.Dev had 3 balls and gave 1 to a friend. How many balls does Dev have left?
- 19.What is 3 less than 9?
- 20.There are 13 birds and 10 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 21.What is 1 less than 4?
- 22.What is 2 less than 6?
- 23.Dev had 19 pencils and gave 12 to a friend. How many pencils does Dev have left?
- 24.There are 16 birds and 6 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 25.There are 3 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 26.There are 5 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 27.16 − 2 =
- 28.There are 15 cups and 14 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 29.What is 18 less than 20?
- 30.? − 14 = 4
- 31.What is 15 less than 20?
- 32.There are 17 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 33.Riya had 3 balls and gave 2 to a friend. How many balls does Riya have left?
- 34.There are 4 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 35.10 − 3 =
- 36.There are 5 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 37.What is 8 less than 20?
- 38.There are 20 boys and 12 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 39.4 − 1 =
- 40.What is 1 less than 15?
Answer key
- 4
- 2
- 5
- 8
- 5
- 1
- 3
- 11
- 5
- 6
- 1
- 2
- 10
- 7
- 3
- 1
- 1
- 2
- 6
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 7
- 10
- 1
- 3
- 14
- 1
- 2
- 18
- 5
- 14
- 1
- 1
- 7
- 1
- 12
- 8
- 3
- 14
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