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.There are 18 children and 12 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 2.8 − ? = 6
- 3.What is 2 less than 8?
- 4.There are 8 children and 4 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 5.Kabir had 12 balls and gave 8 to a friend. How many balls does Kabir have left?
- 6.18 − 1 =
- 7.Rohan had 14 laddoos and gave 2 to a friend. How many laddoos does Rohan have left?
- 8.Diya had 11 kites and gave 1 to a friend. How many kites does Diya have left?
- 9.There are 15 pencils and 12 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 10.14 − ? = 1
- 11.4 − ? = 2
- 12.9 − 5 =
- 13.Aarav had 12 bananas and gave 11 to a friend. How many bananas does Aarav have left?
- 14.Lakshmi had 20 balloons and gave 15 to a friend. How many balloons does Lakshmi have left?
- 15.6 − ? = 3
- 16.9 − ? = 4
- 17.What is 3 less than 5?
- 18.There are 19 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 19.2 − 1 =
- 20.Rahul had 13 books and gave 2 to a friend. How many books does Rahul have left?
- 21.? − 5 = 2
- 22.Arjun had 10 mangoes and gave 2 to a friend. How many mangoes does Arjun have left?
- 23.What is 3 less than 14?
- 24.18 − 4 =
- 25.What is 5 less than 7?
- 26.Lakshmi had 11 flowers and gave 7 to a friend. How many flowers does Lakshmi have left?
- 27.? − 10 = 5
- 28.Lakshmi had 16 marbles and gave 4 to a friend. How many marbles does Lakshmi have left?
- 29.17 − 2 =
- 30.There are 5 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 31.What is 11 less than 16?
- 32.? − 4 = 1
- 33.12 − 3 =
- 34.What is 8 less than 14?
- 35.8 − 1 =
- 36.? − 1 = 8
- 37.17 − ? = 16
- 38.Isha had 7 balls and gave 2 to a friend. How many balls does Isha have left?
- 39.15 − 13 =
- 40.6 − 1 =
Answer key
- 6
- 2
- 6
- 4
- 4
- 17
- 12
- 10
- 3
- 13
- 2
- 4
- 1
- 5
- 3
- 5
- 2
- 17
- 1
- 11
- 7
- 8
- 11
- 14
- 2
- 4
- 15
- 12
- 15
- 2
- 5
- 5
- 9
- 6
- 7
- 9
- 1
- 5
- 2
- 5
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