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.Ananya had 4 bananas and gave 2 to a friend. How many bananas does Ananya have left?
- 2.Priya had 16 pencils and gave 3 to a friend. How many pencils does Priya have left?
- 3.There are 10 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 4.Tara had 5 pencils and gave 1 to a friend. How many pencils does Tara have left?
- 5.4 − 3 =
- 6.7 − 4 =
- 7.What is 6 less than 9?
- 8.14 − 5 =
- 9.Gurpreet had 4 mangoes and gave 1 to a friend. How many mangoes does Gurpreet have left?
- 10.15 − ? = 8
- 11.17 − ? = 11
- 12.18 − 7 =
- 13.There are 4 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 14.What is 1 less than 4?
- 15.What is 1 less than 6?
- 16.? − 10 = 5
- 17.20 − ? = 16
- 18.What is 5 less than 10?
- 19.What is 12 less than 15?
- 20.11 − 8 =
- 21.15 − ? = 12
- 22.Saanvi had 3 crayons and gave 2 to a friend. How many crayons does Saanvi have left?
- 23.18 − ? = 11
- 24.What is 1 less than 3?
- 25.17 − 14 =
- 26.There are 11 children and 10 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 27.There are 3 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 28.18 − ? = 8
- 29.There are 20 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 30.Rahul had 5 bananas and gave 4 to a friend. How many bananas does Rahul have left?
- 31.Saanvi had 4 mangoes and gave 2 to a friend. How many mangoes does Saanvi have left?
- 32.6 − 4 =
- 33.16 − 15 =
- 34.What is 17 less than 19?
- 35.? − 9 = 2
- 36.4 − 1 =
- 37.12 − 1 =
- 38.Rohan had 4 kites and gave 2 to a friend. How many kites does Rohan have left?
- 39.5 − 4 =
- 40.4 − ? = 3
Answer key
- 2
- 13
- 8
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 3
- 9
- 3
- 7
- 6
- 11
- 2
- 3
- 5
- 15
- 4
- 5
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 7
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 1
- 10
- 17
- 1
- 2
- 2
- 1
- 2
- 11
- 3
- 11
- 2
- 1
- 1
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