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 19?
- 2.18 − 8 =
- 3.Manav had 12 pencils and gave 1 to a friend. How many pencils does Manav have left?
- 4.? − 1 = 17
- 5.13 − 6 =
- 6.What is 3 less than 4?
- 7.Kabir had 7 pencils and gave 6 to a friend. How many pencils does Kabir have left?
- 8.Tara had 14 crayons and gave 11 to a friend. How many crayons does Tara have left?
- 9.11 − 2 =
- 10.There are 6 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 11.Kavya had 7 shells and gave 4 to a friend. How many shells does Kavya have left?
- 12.There are 19 cups and 8 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 13.There are 18 cups and 17 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 14.What is 10 less than 13?
- 15.What is 3 less than 14?
- 16.13 − 5 =
- 17.12 − ? = 11
- 18.What is 13 less than 17?
- 19.What is 2 less than 19?
- 20.20 − 12 =
- 21.8 − 1 =
- 22.What is 5 less than 13?
- 23.2 − 1 =
- 24.16 − 5 =
- 25.What is 16 less than 19?
- 26.There are 13 birds and 4 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 27.Ananya had 18 kites and gave 14 to a friend. How many kites does Ananya have left?
- 28.There are 10 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 29.16 − 9 =
- 30.7 − 4 =
- 31.7 − 6 =
- 32.16 − 11 =
- 33.Riya had 11 balls and gave 2 to a friend. How many balls does Riya have left?
- 34.? − 2 = 5
- 35.9 − 3 =
- 36.What is 2 less than 3?
- 37.4 − 2 =
- 38.Sneha had 7 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Sneha have left?
- 39.There are 8 bottles and 5 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 40.What is 3 less than 6?
Answer key
- 7
- 10
- 11
- 18
- 7
- 1
- 1
- 3
- 9
- 4
- 3
- 11
- 1
- 3
- 11
- 8
- 1
- 4
- 17
- 8
- 7
- 8
- 1
- 11
- 3
- 9
- 4
- 7
- 7
- 3
- 1
- 5
- 9
- 7
- 6
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 3
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