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 16 less than 18?
- 2.Diya had 18 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Diya have left?
- 3.There are 9 boys and 7 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 4.There are 18 bottles and 10 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 5.? − 2 = 2
- 6.Vivaan had 15 balloons and gave 6 to a friend. How many balloons does Vivaan have left?
- 7.Nisha had 8 pencils and gave 3 to a friend. How many pencils does Nisha have left?
- 8.12 − 3 =
- 9.What is 4 less than 15?
- 10.What is 5 less than 7?
- 11.Rohan had 12 pencils and gave 1 to a friend. How many pencils does Rohan have left?
- 12.9 − 7 =
- 13.What is 3 less than 16?
- 14.4 − ? = 2
- 15.5 − 4 =
- 16.What is 4 less than 7?
- 17.What is 2 less than 7?
- 18.What is 7 less than 12?
- 19.There are 20 pencils and 8 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 20.There are 11 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 21.9 − 2 =
- 22.There are 16 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 23.What is 1 less than 6?
- 24.Ishaan had 17 kites and gave 5 to a friend. How many kites does Ishaan have left?
- 25.Aarav had 4 marbles and gave 3 to a friend. How many marbles does Aarav have left?
- 26.7 − 1 =
- 27.There are 13 cups and 8 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 28.What is 12 less than 19?
- 29.? − 3 = 11
- 30.Ishaan had 8 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Ishaan have left?
- 31.? − 4 = 1
- 32.3 − 1 =
- 33.? − 8 = 1
- 34.There are 11 bottles and 7 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 35.What is 2 less than 15?
- 36.What is 3 less than 5?
- 37.Ishaan had 3 balls and gave 2 to a friend. How many balls does Ishaan have left?
- 38.There are 19 boys and 15 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 39.What is 2 less than 5?
- 40.What is 1 less than 8?
Answer key
- 2
- 15
- 2
- 8
- 4
- 9
- 5
- 9
- 11
- 2
- 11
- 2
- 13
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 5
- 12
- 7
- 7
- 14
- 5
- 12
- 1
- 6
- 5
- 7
- 14
- 7
- 5
- 2
- 9
- 4
- 13
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 7
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