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
- 1.20 − ? = 16
- 2.Arjun had 20 mangoes and gave 2 to a friend. How many mangoes does Arjun have left?
- 3.What is 1 less than 4?
- 4.4 − 2 =
- 5.15 − 14 =
- 6.18 − 12 =
- 7.19 − ? = 8
- 8.6 − 5 =
- 9.Kavya had 15 marbles and gave 4 to a friend. How many marbles does Kavya have left?
- 10.What is 13 less than 19?
- 11.There are 6 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 12.Aarav had 18 balls and gave 3 to a friend. How many balls does Aarav have left?
- 13.Diya had 16 crayons and gave 15 to a friend. How many crayons does Diya have left?
- 14.16 − 7 =
- 15.What is 10 less than 12?
- 16.19 − 1 =
- 17.12 − 1 =
- 18.? − 7 = 7
- 19.? − 15 = 5
- 20.5 − 2 =
- 21.Manav had 8 marbles and gave 6 to a friend. How many marbles does Manav have left?
- 22.There are 10 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 23.What is 4 less than 5?
- 24.10 − 6 =
- 25.There are 14 pencils and 6 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 26.20 − 9 =
- 27.What is 14 less than 16?
- 28.Aditya had 6 mangoes and gave 1 to a friend. How many mangoes does Aditya have left?
- 29.What is 7 less than 16?
- 30.What is 19 less than 20?
- 31.What is 1 less than 2?
- 32.14 − 1 =
- 33.5 − 1 =
- 34.14 − 11 =
- 35.3 − ? = 1
- 36.There are 3 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 37.13 − 12 =
- 38.There are 8 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 39.Ananya had 7 balloons and gave 4 to a friend. How many balloons does Ananya have left?
- 40.7 − 5 =
Answer key
- 4
- 18
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 6
- 11
- 1
- 11
- 6
- 3
- 15
- 1
- 9
- 2
- 18
- 11
- 14
- 20
- 3
- 2
- 5
- 1
- 4
- 8
- 11
- 2
- 5
- 9
- 1
- 1
- 13
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 5
- 3
- 2
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