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.Zoya had 9 bananas and gave 4 to a friend. How many bananas does Zoya have left?
- 2.What is 2 less than 10?
- 3.Meera had 14 marbles and gave 4 to a friend. How many marbles does Meera have left?
- 4.? − 1 = 7
- 5.3 − ? = 2
- 6.What is 5 less than 8?
- 7.14 − ? = 7
- 8.Ishaan had 8 pencils and gave 7 to a friend. How many pencils does Ishaan have left?
- 9.3 − 2 =
- 10.14 − 11 =
- 11.9 − ? = 1
- 12.2 − 1 =
- 13.What is 1 less than 2?
- 14.17 − ? = 12
- 15.There are 15 boys and 8 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 16.6 − 5 =
- 17.There are 16 pencils and 7 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 18.7 − 3 =
- 19.Riya had 10 pencils and gave 1 to a friend. How many pencils does Riya have left?
- 20.Pooja had 17 bananas and gave 3 to a friend. How many bananas does Pooja have left?
- 21.3 − 1 =
- 22.There are 5 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 23.? − 5 = 3
- 24.Meera had 19 mangoes and gave 6 to a friend. How many mangoes does Meera have left?
- 25.5 − 1 =
- 26.? − 11 = 4
- 27.9 − 8 =
- 28.Rahul had 20 mangoes and gave 19 to a friend. How many mangoes does Rahul have left?
- 29.16 − ? = 14
- 30.9 − 5 =
- 31.11 − 1 =
- 32.What is 7 less than 8?
- 33.4 − ? = 3
- 34.There are 9 children and 7 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 35.17 − 9 =
- 36.Riya had 12 kites and gave 3 to a friend. How many kites does Riya have left?
- 37.15 − 1 =
- 38.6 − 2 =
- 39.Pooja had 8 flowers and gave 4 to a friend. How many flowers does Pooja have left?
- 40.Dev had 19 balloons and gave 10 to a friend. How many balloons does Dev have left?
Answer key
- 5
- 8
- 10
- 8
- 1
- 3
- 7
- 1
- 1
- 3
- 8
- 1
- 1
- 5
- 7
- 1
- 9
- 4
- 9
- 14
- 2
- 3
- 8
- 13
- 4
- 15
- 1
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 10
- 1
- 1
- 2
- 8
- 9
- 14
- 4
- 4
- 9
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