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 1 less than 2?
- 2.There are 7 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 3.What is 3 less than 6?
- 4.What is 4 less than 13?
- 5.6 − ? = 1
- 6.There are 16 birds and 15 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 7.3 − 2 =
- 8.? − 1 = 7
- 9.14 − 6 =
- 10.What is 16 less than 19?
- 11.Priya had 13 flowers and gave 9 to a friend. How many flowers does Priya have left?
- 12.Ishaan had 8 balls and gave 1 to a friend. How many balls does Ishaan have left?
- 13.? − 3 = 11
- 14.There are 8 birds and 7 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 15.What is 7 less than 15?
- 16.There are 15 bottles and 10 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 17.Manav had 5 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Manav have left?
- 18.Vivaan had 10 flowers and gave 4 to a friend. How many flowers does Vivaan have left?
- 19.4 − 2 =
- 20.15 − ? = 12
- 21.There are 4 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 22.? − 3 = 12
- 23.Kabir had 15 mangoes and gave 12 to a friend. How many mangoes does Kabir have left?
- 24.18 − 5 =
- 25.What is 9 less than 10?
- 26.? − 12 = 3
- 27.Rohan had 15 pencils and gave 2 to a friend. How many pencils does Rohan have left?
- 28.? − 8 = 4
- 29.Kavya had 11 balls and gave 4 to a friend. How many balls does Kavya have left?
- 30.Lakshmi had 13 balloons and gave 5 to a friend. How many balloons does Lakshmi have left?
- 31.Meera had 16 laddoos and gave 2 to a friend. How many laddoos does Meera have left?
- 32.What is 3 less than 4?
- 33.16 − 14 =
- 34.16 − 15 =
- 35.There are 12 pencils and 9 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 36.Dev had 18 laddoos and gave 11 to a friend. How many laddoos does Dev have left?
- 37.20 − 18 =
- 38.Nisha had 7 crayons and gave 3 to a friend. How many crayons does Nisha have left?
- 39.20 − 7 =
- 40.What is 15 less than 19?
Answer key
- 1
- 5
- 3
- 9
- 5
- 1
- 1
- 8
- 8
- 3
- 4
- 7
- 14
- 1
- 8
- 5
- 4
- 6
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 15
- 3
- 13
- 1
- 15
- 13
- 12
- 7
- 8
- 14
- 1
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 7
- 2
- 4
- 13
- 4
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