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 − ? = 3
- 2.3 − ? = 2
- 3.Dev had 17 bananas and gave 7 to a friend. How many bananas does Dev have left?
- 4.There are 20 pencils and 9 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 5.What is 5 less than 16?
- 6.Karan had 16 crayons and gave 1 to a friend. How many crayons does Karan have left?
- 7.Kabir had 7 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Kabir have left?
- 8.Diya had 19 laddoos and gave 5 to a friend. How many laddoos does Diya have left?
- 9.There are 13 boys and 11 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 10.What is 3 less than 4?
- 11.What is 2 less than 8?
- 12.? − 11 = 9
- 13.10 − 3 =
- 14.4 − 3 =
- 15.What is 13 less than 19?
- 16.What is 10 less than 13?
- 17.17 − 7 =
- 18.What is 6 less than 12?
- 19.17 − ? = 11
- 20.There are 17 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 21.What is 9 less than 18?
- 22.There are 18 children and 8 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 23.Lakshmi had 6 laddoos and gave 1 to a friend. How many laddoos does Lakshmi have left?
- 24.There are 14 birds and 13 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 25.Lakshmi had 8 books and gave 7 to a friend. How many books does Lakshmi have left?
- 26.What is 1 less than 5?
- 27.There are 20 children and 11 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 28.? − 1 = 13
- 29.11 − 8 =
- 30.11 − 5 =
- 31.What is 2 less than 11?
- 32.17 − 14 =
- 33.What is 5 less than 6?
- 34.Arjun had 19 bananas and gave 17 to a friend. How many bananas does Arjun have left?
- 35.4 − 1 =
- 36.What is 6 less than 7?
- 37.? − 7 = 11
- 38.Gurpreet had 13 bananas and gave 9 to a friend. How many bananas does Gurpreet have left?
- 39.? − 1 = 4
- 40.Ishaan had 12 shells and gave 4 to a friend. How many shells does Ishaan have left?
Answer key
- 1
- 1
- 10
- 11
- 11
- 15
- 4
- 14
- 2
- 1
- 6
- 20
- 7
- 1
- 6
- 3
- 10
- 6
- 6
- 12
- 9
- 10
- 5
- 1
- 1
- 4
- 9
- 14
- 3
- 6
- 9
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 18
- 4
- 5
- 8
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