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 − 2 =
- 2.? − 12 = 5
- 3.What is 3 less than 16?
- 4.There are 16 birds and 6 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 5.What is 14 less than 15?
- 6.There are 8 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 7.9 − 7 =
- 8.There are 12 boys and 6 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 9.What is 3 less than 8?
- 10.Manav had 20 balls and gave 9 to a friend. How many balls does Manav have left?
- 11.Ananya had 11 flowers and gave 6 to a friend. How many flowers does Ananya have left?
- 12.11 − 9 =
- 13.There are 5 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 14.2 − 1 =
- 15.What is 7 less than 12?
- 16.Farhan had 7 laddoos and gave 4 to a friend. How many laddoos does Farhan have left?
- 17.17 − 6 =
- 18.What is 1 less than 7?
- 19.What is 3 less than 4?
- 20.? − 4 = 1
- 21.Rohan had 16 flowers and gave 7 to a friend. How many flowers does Rohan have left?
- 22.Riya had 19 bananas and gave 1 to a friend. How many bananas does Riya have left?
- 23.18 − 12 =
- 24.14 − 6 =
- 25.What is 9 less than 11?
- 26.What is 2 less than 3?
- 27.Gurpreet had 12 mangoes and gave 5 to a friend. How many mangoes does Gurpreet have left?
- 28.11 − 4 =
- 29.19 − 1 =
- 30.There are 3 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 31.Saanvi had 7 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Saanvi have left?
- 32.There are 10 birds and 7 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 33.There are 4 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 34.What is 7 less than 19?
- 35.12 − 1 =
- 36.What is 2 less than 9?
- 37.Kavya had 12 laddoos and gave 2 to a friend. How many laddoos does Kavya have left?
- 38.There are 5 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 39.There are 20 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 40.There are 20 children and 4 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
Answer key
- 2
- 17
- 13
- 10
- 1
- 6
- 2
- 6
- 5
- 11
- 5
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 5
- 3
- 11
- 6
- 1
- 5
- 9
- 18
- 6
- 8
- 2
- 1
- 7
- 7
- 18
- 1
- 6
- 3
- 2
- 12
- 11
- 7
- 10
- 3
- 16
- 16
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