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
- 1.12 − ? = 3
- 2.There are 5 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 3.5 − 4 =
- 4.There are 4 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 5.There are 20 birds and 11 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 6.What is 6 less than 9?
- 7.? − 1 = 4
- 8.There are 19 bottles and 4 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 9.10 − ? = 5
- 10.15 − 1 =
- 11.What is 3 less than 7?
- 12.9 − ? = 6
- 13.Karan had 15 balloons and gave 11 to a friend. How many balloons does Karan have left?
- 14.6 − ? = 5
- 15.7 − 2 =
- 16.11 − 6 =
- 17.? − 6 = 5
- 18.What is 4 less than 8?
- 19.6 − 5 =
- 20.8 − ? = 1
- 21.17 − 1 =
- 22.? − 13 = 3
- 23.14 − 9 =
- 24.Arjun had 19 shells and gave 11 to a friend. How many shells does Arjun have left?
- 25.Sneha had 20 kites and gave 9 to a friend. How many kites does Sneha have left?
- 26.What is 8 less than 11?
- 27.What is 10 less than 20?
- 28.? − 11 = 7
- 29.What is 6 less than 15?
- 30.Aarav had 7 mangoes and gave 1 to a friend. How many mangoes does Aarav have left?
- 31.What is 1 less than 3?
- 32.There are 17 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 33.11 − 1 =
- 34.17 − 15 =
- 35.There are 5 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 36.What is 6 less than 10?
- 37.6 − 2 =
- 38.7 − 3 =
- 39.There are 7 cups and 6 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 40.? − 2 = 5
Answer key
- 9
- 2
- 1
- 2
- 9
- 3
- 5
- 15
- 5
- 14
- 4
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 5
- 5
- 11
- 4
- 1
- 7
- 16
- 16
- 5
- 8
- 11
- 3
- 10
- 18
- 9
- 6
- 2
- 15
- 10
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 1
- 7
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