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 3 less than 6?
- 2.6 − 2 =
- 3.What is 2 less than 9?
- 4.What is 4 less than 19?
- 5.What is 1 less than 3?
- 6.There are 13 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 7.4 − ? = 2
- 8.Aarav had 8 books and gave 1 to a friend. How many books does Aarav have left?
- 9.Isha had 10 pencils and gave 8 to a friend. How many pencils does Isha have left?
- 10.? − 6 = 1
- 11.There are 19 children and 8 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 12.2 − 1 =
- 13.? − 7 = 3
- 14.17 − 3 =
- 15.What is 1 less than 9?
- 16.13 − 4 =
- 17.5 − ? = 2
- 18.13 − 5 =
- 19.13 − 8 =
- 20.? − 6 = 14
- 21.17 − ? = 16
- 22.3 − ? = 1
- 23.19 − 4 =
- 24.4 − 1 =
- 25.17 − 10 =
- 26.Riya had 14 balls and gave 2 to a friend. How many balls does Riya have left?
- 27.Diya had 6 shells and gave 2 to a friend. How many shells does Diya have left?
- 28.What is 4 less than 11?
- 29.15 − 4 =
- 30.3 − 2 =
- 31.There are 7 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 32.Manav had 3 kites and gave 1 to a friend. How many kites does Manav have left?
- 33.Arjun had 19 shells and gave 5 to a friend. How many shells does Arjun have left?
- 34.11 − 4 =
- 35.What is 1 less than 15?
- 36.Kavya had 7 balloons and gave 4 to a friend. How many balloons does Kavya have left?
- 37.Joseph had 4 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Joseph have left?
- 38.? − 4 = 5
- 39.There are 6 pencils and 5 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 40.? − 2 = 7
Answer key
- 3
- 4
- 7
- 15
- 2
- 11
- 2
- 7
- 2
- 7
- 11
- 1
- 10
- 14
- 8
- 9
- 3
- 8
- 5
- 20
- 1
- 2
- 15
- 3
- 7
- 12
- 4
- 7
- 11
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 14
- 7
- 14
- 3
- 1
- 9
- 1
- 9
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