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.? − 4 = 1
- 2.What is 12 less than 14?
- 3.16 − 14 =
- 4.19 − 13 =
- 5.What is 7 less than 8?
- 6.What is 12 less than 13?
- 7.There are 18 pencils and 13 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 8.What is 1 less than 9?
- 9.Aarav had 19 kites and gave 7 to a friend. How many kites does Aarav have left?
- 10.There are 4 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 11.? − 2 = 8
- 12.Ananya had 5 shells and gave 3 to a friend. How many shells does Ananya have left?
- 13.5 − 1 =
- 14.Nisha had 12 pencils and gave 10 to a friend. How many pencils does Nisha have left?
- 15.What is 3 less than 17?
- 16.? − 2 = 4
- 17.6 − 1 =
- 18.What is 8 less than 10?
- 19.What is 5 less than 13?
- 20.There are 19 cups and 12 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 21.18 − 17 =
- 22.There are 11 cups and 7 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 23.What is 1 less than 15?
- 24.5 − ? = 2
- 25.Dev had 20 balls and gave 10 to a friend. How many balls does Dev have left?
- 26.20 − ? = 3
- 27.There are 8 children and 7 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 28.7 − ? = 6
- 29.Kabir had 3 laddoos and gave 1 to a friend. How many laddoos does Kabir have left?
- 30.What is 4 less than 6?
- 31.There are 13 children and 9 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 32.? − 10 = 10
- 33.Riya had 14 crayons and gave 2 to a friend. How many crayons does Riya have left?
- 34.There are 10 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 35.13 − 6 =
- 36.3 − ? = 1
- 37.Gurpreet had 3 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Gurpreet have left?
- 38.19 − 1 =
- 39.18 − 1 =
- 40.There are 16 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
Answer key
- 5
- 2
- 2
- 6
- 1
- 1
- 5
- 8
- 12
- 1
- 10
- 2
- 4
- 2
- 14
- 6
- 5
- 2
- 8
- 7
- 1
- 4
- 14
- 3
- 10
- 17
- 1
- 1
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 20
- 12
- 5
- 7
- 2
- 1
- 18
- 17
- 13
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