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.Priya had 17 balloons and gave 7 to a friend. How many balloons does Priya have left?
- 2.16 − ? = 14
- 3.Rahul had 3 laddoos and gave 2 to a friend. How many laddoos does Rahul have left?
- 4.What is 8 less than 16?
- 5.Aarav had 19 laddoos and gave 13 to a friend. How many laddoos does Aarav have left?
- 6.What is 3 less than 7?
- 7.There are 7 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 8.11 − ? = 3
- 9.? − 1 = 7
- 10.There are 3 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 11.There are 18 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 12.Ananya had 8 balls and gave 1 to a friend. How many balls does Ananya have left?
- 13.? − 5 = 8
- 14.What is 4 less than 15?
- 15.15 − 13 =
- 16.What is 2 less than 9?
- 17.There are 5 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 18.What is 2 less than 3?
- 19.Zoya had 6 crayons and gave 2 to a friend. How many crayons does Zoya have left?
- 20.? − 1 = 11
- 21.Arjun had 4 shells and gave 1 to a friend. How many shells does Arjun have left?
- 22.4 − 3 =
- 23.There are 14 boys and 11 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 24.? − 1 = 5
- 25.There are 7 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 26.19 − ? = 1
- 27.? − 12 = 6
- 28.12 − 5 =
- 29.14 − 11 =
- 30.What is 14 less than 18?
- 31.What is 6 less than 17?
- 32.Kavya had 18 pencils and gave 2 to a friend. How many pencils does Kavya have left?
- 33.5 − 3 =
- 34.Dev had 15 books and gave 14 to a friend. How many books does Dev have left?
- 35.Meera had 16 kites and gave 10 to a friend. How many kites does Meera have left?
- 36.4 − 2 =
- 37.What is 8 less than 11?
- 38.Karan had 13 mangoes and gave 2 to a friend. How many mangoes does Karan have left?
- 39.There are 14 pencils and 11 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 40.Dev had 17 flowers and gave 1 to a friend. How many flowers does Dev have left?
Answer key
- 10
- 2
- 1
- 8
- 6
- 4
- 4
- 8
- 8
- 1
- 13
- 7
- 13
- 11
- 2
- 7
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 12
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 6
- 4
- 18
- 18
- 7
- 3
- 4
- 11
- 16
- 2
- 1
- 6
- 2
- 3
- 11
- 3
- 16
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