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
- 1.18 − ? = 3
- 2.What is 8 less than 14?
- 3.16 − 3 =
- 4.15 − 12 =
- 5.There are 10 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 6.9 − 1 =
- 7.There are 12 cups and 11 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 8.13 − 9 =
- 9.10 − 4 =
- 10.6 − 1 =
- 11.What is 3 less than 7?
- 12.20 − ? = 9
- 13.Joseph had 4 marbles and gave 2 to a friend. How many marbles does Joseph have left?
- 14.11 − 9 =
- 15.There are 8 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 16.What is 5 less than 12?
- 17.There are 12 pencils and 8 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 18.There are 4 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 19.? − 13 = 1
- 20.? − 1 = 9
- 21.11 − ? = 2
- 22.There are 10 boys and 8 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 23.What is 8 less than 19?
- 24.? − 2 = 8
- 25.15 − 4 =
- 26.8 − ? = 7
- 27.What is 3 less than 6?
- 28.There are 5 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 29.There are 11 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 30.9 − 5 =
- 31.18 − 5 =
- 32.What is 1 less than 2?
- 33.What is 1 less than 5?
- 34.There are 16 birds and 7 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 35.There are 12 children and 7 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 36.What is 5 less than 15?
- 37.6 − 5 =
- 38.There are 5 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 39.7 − ? = 2
- 40.5 − ? = 4
Answer key
- 15
- 6
- 13
- 3
- 7
- 8
- 1
- 4
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 11
- 2
- 2
- 5
- 7
- 4
- 2
- 14
- 10
- 9
- 2
- 11
- 10
- 11
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 7
- 4
- 13
- 1
- 4
- 9
- 5
- 10
- 1
- 1
- 5
- 1
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