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 2 less than 5?
- 2.What is 3 less than 7?
- 3.Priya had 19 bananas and gave 1 to a friend. How many bananas does Priya have left?
- 4.? − 12 = 3
- 5.5 − 2 =
- 6.11 − ? = 5
- 7.There are 14 boys and 13 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 8.5 − ? = 2
- 9.? − 1 = 18
- 10.There are 3 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 11.Rohan had 16 books and gave 9 to a friend. How many books does Rohan have left?
- 12.? − 6 = 11
- 13.4 − 1 =
- 14.? − 1 = 2
- 15.There are 11 bottles and 10 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 16.There are 10 birds and 7 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 17.There are 19 bottles and 13 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 18.16 − 7 =
- 19.What is 10 less than 17?
- 20.What is 7 less than 14?
- 21.Diya had 12 flowers and gave 6 to a friend. How many flowers does Diya have left?
- 22.? − 4 = 6
- 23.There are 7 pencils and 6 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 24.12 − 2 =
- 25.What is 1 less than 9?
- 26.What is 1 less than 2?
- 27.What is 1 less than 5?
- 28.7 − 3 =
- 29.13 − 5 =
- 30.Meera had 4 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Meera have left?
- 31.Farhan had 10 flowers and gave 7 to a friend. How many flowers does Farhan have left?
- 32.4 − 3 =
- 33.8 − 1 =
- 34.? − 10 = 5
- 35.Ishaan had 13 pencils and gave 9 to a friend. How many pencils does Ishaan have left?
- 36.There are 3 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 37.What is 1 less than 3?
- 38.5 − ? = 4
- 39.What is 6 less than 16?
- 40.There are 13 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
Answer key
- 3
- 4
- 18
- 15
- 3
- 6
- 1
- 3
- 19
- 1
- 7
- 17
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 6
- 9
- 7
- 7
- 6
- 10
- 1
- 10
- 8
- 1
- 4
- 4
- 8
- 1
- 3
- 1
- 7
- 15
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 1
- 10
- 7
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