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 12 less than 18?
- 2.What is 4 less than 5?
- 3.Zoya had 18 pencils and gave 9 to a friend. How many pencils does Zoya have left?
- 4.Aarav had 10 marbles and gave 5 to a friend. How many marbles does Aarav have left?
- 5.Diya had 13 laddoos and gave 5 to a friend. How many laddoos does Diya have left?
- 6.There are 8 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 7.7 − ? = 6
- 8.9 − ? = 2
- 9.Isha had 17 bananas and gave 11 to a friend. How many bananas does Isha have left?
- 10.15 − ? = 10
- 11.What is 1 less than 2?
- 12.2 − 1 =
- 13.9 − 4 =
- 14.5 − 3 =
- 15.Riya had 7 laddoos and gave 1 to a friend. How many laddoos does Riya have left?
- 16.16 − 4 =
- 17.There are 11 cups and 6 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 18.? − 2 = 1
- 19.There are 5 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 20.13 − 1 =
- 21.There are 9 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 22.There are 19 bottles and 9 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 23.Isha had 8 balls and gave 2 to a friend. How many balls does Isha have left?
- 24.Pooja had 9 balloons and gave 8 to a friend. How many balloons does Pooja have left?
- 25.What is 2 less than 3?
- 26.5 − 4 =
- 27.6 − 5 =
- 28.11 − ? = 4
- 29.Zoya had 15 shells and gave 7 to a friend. How many shells does Zoya have left?
- 30.There are 8 boys and 6 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 31.Kabir had 15 books and gave 5 to a friend. How many books does Kabir have left?
- 32.Dev had 15 shells and gave 3 to a friend. How many shells does Dev have left?
- 33.There are 6 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 34.3 − 1 =
- 35.There are 3 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 36.6 − 1 =
- 37.4 − 1 =
- 38.What is 2 less than 17?
- 39.9 − 7 =
- 40.3 − ? = 1
Answer key
- 6
- 1
- 9
- 5
- 8
- 2
- 1
- 7
- 6
- 5
- 1
- 1
- 5
- 2
- 6
- 12
- 5
- 3
- 2
- 12
- 7
- 10
- 6
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 7
- 8
- 2
- 10
- 12
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 5
- 3
- 15
- 2
- 2
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