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.
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- 1.There are 9 pencils and 8 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 2.There are 15 birds and 11 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 3.Manav had 18 marbles and gave 1 to a friend. How many marbles does Manav have left?
- 4.17 − ? = 5
- 5.There are 16 children and 10 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 6.? − 2 = 15
- 7.Dev had 19 books and gave 12 to a friend. How many books does Dev have left?
- 8.Isha had 3 kites and gave 2 to a friend. How many kites does Isha have left?
- 9.5 − 1 =
- 10.There are 5 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 11.Nisha had 10 kites and gave 1 to a friend. How many kites does Nisha have left?
- 12.3 − 1 =
- 13.What is 3 less than 12?
- 14.What is 6 less than 15?
- 15.What is 1 less than 2?
- 16.What is 3 less than 13?
- 17.What is 5 less than 18?
- 18.What is 4 less than 5?
- 19.Aarav had 16 kites and gave 8 to a friend. How many kites does Aarav have left?
- 20.What is 1 less than 5?
- 21.What is 12 less than 14?
- 22.? − 2 = 13
- 23.There are 6 children and 4 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 24.9 − 6 =
- 25.20 − 12 =
- 26.There are 14 cups and 9 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 27.There are 18 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 28.Priya had 10 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Priya have left?
- 29.Ishaan had 17 balls and gave 5 to a friend. How many balls does Ishaan have left?
- 30.Nisha had 4 crayons and gave 1 to a friend. How many crayons does Nisha have left?
- 31.? − 12 = 2
- 32.There are 11 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 33.Lakshmi had 18 crayons and gave 1 to a friend. How many crayons does Lakshmi have left?
- 34.? − 3 = 2
- 35.Rohan had 3 balls and gave 1 to a friend. How many balls does Rohan have left?
- 36.There are 14 bottles and 8 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 37.18 − 4 =
- 38.Priya had 10 books and gave 3 to a friend. How many books does Priya have left?
- 39.? − 4 = 7
- 40.There are 4 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
Answer key
- 1
- 4
- 17
- 12
- 6
- 17
- 7
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 9
- 2
- 9
- 9
- 1
- 10
- 13
- 1
- 8
- 4
- 2
- 15
- 2
- 3
- 8
- 5
- 16
- 9
- 12
- 3
- 14
- 7
- 17
- 5
- 2
- 6
- 14
- 7
- 11
- 2
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