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.Sneha had 19 books and gave 5 to a friend. How many books does Sneha have left?
- 2.What is 3 less than 6?
- 3.There are 3 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 4.6 − 1 =
- 5.What is 7 less than 20?
- 6.Meera had 18 bananas and gave 10 to a friend. How many bananas does Meera have left?
- 7.3 − ? = 2
- 8.12 − ? = 3
- 9.18 − 7 =
- 10.What is 2 less than 4?
- 11.What is 1 less than 2?
- 12.What is 1 less than 16?
- 13.15 − 8 =
- 14.There are 12 boys and 5 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 15.12 − 9 =
- 16.13 − ? = 5
- 17.7 − 6 =
- 18.8 − ? = 2
- 19.6 − 2 =
- 20.What is 17 less than 19?
- 21.Aarav had 10 marbles and gave 5 to a friend. How many marbles does Aarav have left?
- 22.13 − 10 =
- 23.Aarav had 7 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Aarav have left?
- 24.Isha had 12 pencils and gave 9 to a friend. How many pencils does Isha have left?
- 25.Farhan had 5 laddoos and gave 4 to a friend. How many laddoos does Farhan have left?
- 26.5 − ? = 1
- 27.7 − 2 =
- 28.9 − 2 =
- 29.5 − 2 =
- 30.There are 7 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 31.Isha had 20 laddoos and gave 7 to a friend. How many laddoos does Isha have left?
- 32.? − 4 = 6
- 33.There are 9 cups and 5 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 34.There are 3 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 35.18 − ? = 12
- 36.Dev had 8 kites and gave 1 to a friend. How many kites does Dev have left?
- 37.17 − ? = 5
- 38.9 − 8 =
- 39.There are 6 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 40.What is 9 less than 14?
Answer key
- 14
- 3
- 1
- 5
- 13
- 8
- 1
- 9
- 11
- 2
- 1
- 15
- 7
- 7
- 3
- 8
- 1
- 6
- 4
- 2
- 5
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 5
- 7
- 3
- 4
- 13
- 10
- 4
- 1
- 6
- 7
- 12
- 1
- 3
- 5
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