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
- 1.9 − 4 =
- 2.There are 17 children and 9 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 3.What is 9 less than 11?
- 4.5 − 1 =
- 5.What is 2 less than 3?
- 6.18 − 5 =
- 7.There are 3 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 8.7 − 2 =
- 9.17 − ? = 16
- 10.15 − 2 =
- 11.? − 1 = 13
- 12.15 − 13 =
- 13.Sneha had 12 kites and gave 5 to a friend. How many kites does Sneha have left?
- 14.4 − ? = 1
- 15.15 − ? = 3
- 16.? − 3 = 1
- 17.What is 9 less than 12?
- 18.Gurpreet had 6 kites and gave 2 to a friend. How many kites does Gurpreet have left?
- 19.There are 6 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 20.3 − ? = 2
- 21.What is 10 less than 13?
- 22.16 − ? = 10
- 23.Lakshmi had 18 bananas and gave 14 to a friend. How many bananas does Lakshmi have left?
- 24.There are 17 birds and 16 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 25.What is 1 less than 12?
- 26.Joseph had 17 balloons and gave 11 to a friend. How many balloons does Joseph have left?
- 27.What is 5 less than 6?
- 28.There are 8 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 29.5 − ? = 2
- 30.20 − ? = 10
- 31.20 − 13 =
- 32.5 − 2 =
- 33.19 − 4 =
- 34.What is 3 less than 5?
- 35.2 − 1 =
- 36.There are 16 boys and 9 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 37.There are 20 bottles and 11 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 38.16 − 6 =
- 39.11 − 8 =
- 40.Nisha had 16 mangoes and gave 13 to a friend. How many mangoes does Nisha have left?
Answer key
- 5
- 8
- 2
- 4
- 1
- 13
- 1
- 5
- 1
- 13
- 14
- 2
- 7
- 3
- 12
- 4
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 6
- 4
- 1
- 11
- 6
- 1
- 6
- 3
- 10
- 7
- 3
- 15
- 2
- 1
- 7
- 9
- 10
- 3
- 3
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