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.
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- 1.There are 15 children and 12 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 2.What is 6 less than 16?
- 3.There are 4 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 4.What is 9 less than 15?
- 5.? − 8 = 5
- 6.What is 18 less than 19?
- 7.What is 3 less than 12?
- 8.Nisha had 10 mangoes and gave 1 to a friend. How many mangoes does Nisha have left?
- 9.Sneha had 8 kites and gave 1 to a friend. How many kites does Sneha have left?
- 10.Gurpreet had 5 flowers and gave 2 to a friend. How many flowers does Gurpreet have left?
- 11.4 − ? = 2
- 12.7 − ? = 4
- 13.There are 6 bottles and 4 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 14.Gurpreet had 18 crayons and gave 9 to a friend. How many crayons does Gurpreet have left?
- 15.There are 15 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 16.There are 6 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 17.4 − ? = 1
- 18.There are 10 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 19.16 − ? = 11
- 20.3 − 1 =
- 21.Aarav had 9 flowers and gave 6 to a friend. How many flowers does Aarav have left?
- 22.There are 13 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 23.What is 1 less than 6?
- 24.Kabir had 11 marbles and gave 2 to a friend. How many marbles does Kabir have left?
- 25.? − 3 = 2
- 26.What is 4 less than 7?
- 27.14 − 8 =
- 28.20 − ? = 6
- 29.What is 6 less than 20?
- 30.12 − 6 =
- 31.Ishaan had 8 bananas and gave 1 to a friend. How many bananas does Ishaan have left?
- 32.Nisha had 10 flowers and gave 7 to a friend. How many flowers does Nisha have left?
- 33.Ishaan had 17 shells and gave 10 to a friend. How many shells does Ishaan have left?
- 34.20 − 8 =
- 35.What is 17 less than 19?
- 36.There are 11 cups and 10 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 37.There are 20 boys and 6 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 38.? − 9 = 1
- 39.20 − ? = 14
- 40.16 − 8 =
Answer key
- 3
- 10
- 2
- 6
- 13
- 1
- 9
- 9
- 7
- 3
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 9
- 12
- 4
- 3
- 7
- 5
- 2
- 3
- 11
- 5
- 9
- 5
- 3
- 6
- 14
- 14
- 6
- 7
- 3
- 7
- 12
- 2
- 1
- 14
- 10
- 6
- 8
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