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 7 less than 17?
- 2.There are 14 cups and 5 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 3.What is 3 less than 5?
- 4.There are 8 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 5.Aarav had 9 shells and gave 7 to a friend. How many shells does Aarav have left?
- 6.? − 11 = 3
- 7.What is 12 less than 14?
- 8.Aditya had 16 pencils and gave 13 to a friend. How many pencils does Aditya have left?
- 9.There are 7 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 10.? − 3 = 6
- 11.? − 2 = 1
- 12.There are 20 children and 18 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 13.There are 14 cups and 10 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 14.2 − 1 =
- 15.12 − 7 =
- 16.9 − 1 =
- 17.There are 6 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 18.10 − ? = 2
- 19.What is 1 less than 3?
- 20.? − 7 = 8
- 21.14 − 1 =
- 22.Kabir had 6 shells and gave 2 to a friend. How many shells does Kabir have left?
- 23.There are 3 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 24.16 − ? = 14
- 25.20 − 14 =
- 26.Zoya had 16 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Zoya have left?
- 27.17 − 15 =
- 28.7 − ? = 6
- 29.Isha had 15 balloons and gave 11 to a friend. How many balloons does Isha have left?
- 30.12 − 9 =
- 31.9 − 3 =
- 32.? − 1 = 15
- 33.Rohan had 4 flowers and gave 1 to a friend. How many flowers does Rohan have left?
- 34.4 − ? = 2
- 35.There are 4 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 36.9 − ? = 7
- 37.Rohan had 9 pencils and gave 6 to a friend. How many pencils does Rohan have left?
- 38.18 − ? = 3
- 39.There are 14 birds and 7 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 40.There are 9 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
Answer key
- 10
- 9
- 2
- 5
- 2
- 14
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 9
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 1
- 5
- 8
- 3
- 8
- 2
- 15
- 13
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 6
- 15
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 6
- 16
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 15
- 7
- 6
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