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
- 1.17 − ? = 16
- 2.What is 7 less than 9?
- 3.What is 3 less than 17?
- 4.There are 20 birds and 4 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 5.18 − ? = 12
- 6.There are 16 pencils and 10 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 7.Karan had 4 balls and gave 1 to a friend. How many balls does Karan have left?
- 8.What is 1 less than 6?
- 9.What is 10 less than 20?
- 10.Kavya had 6 shells and gave 3 to a friend. How many shells does Kavya have left?
- 11.2 − 1 =
- 12.What is 2 less than 20?
- 13.Aarav had 10 laddoos and gave 2 to a friend. How many laddoos does Aarav have left?
- 14.Diya had 13 balloons and gave 6 to a friend. How many balloons does Diya have left?
- 15.5 − ? = 3
- 16.Aarav had 12 crayons and gave 5 to a friend. How many crayons does Aarav have left?
- 17.17 − 7 =
- 18.Pooja had 18 bananas and gave 9 to a friend. How many bananas does Pooja have left?
- 19.Ishaan had 14 laddoos and gave 10 to a friend. How many laddoos does Ishaan have left?
- 20.There are 4 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 21.There are 15 boys and 5 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 22.Vivaan had 14 pencils and gave 4 to a friend. How many pencils does Vivaan have left?
- 23.Isha had 4 crayons and gave 1 to a friend. How many crayons does Isha have left?
- 24.Ananya had 5 shells and gave 2 to a friend. How many shells does Ananya have left?
- 25.What is 2 less than 6?
- 26.There are 6 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 27.What is 7 less than 17?
- 28.What is 6 less than 15?
- 29.There are 6 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 30.There are 10 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 31.15 − 4 =
- 32.6 − 5 =
- 33.What is 3 less than 7?
- 34.Aarav had 3 laddoos and gave 1 to a friend. How many laddoos does Aarav have left?
- 35.11 − 6 =
- 36.17 − 5 =
- 37.17 − 12 =
- 38.? − 4 = 11
- 39.20 − 19 =
- 40.13 − ? = 2
Answer key
- 1
- 2
- 14
- 16
- 6
- 6
- 3
- 5
- 10
- 3
- 1
- 18
- 8
- 7
- 2
- 7
- 10
- 9
- 4
- 2
- 10
- 10
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 4
- 10
- 9
- 4
- 5
- 11
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 5
- 12
- 5
- 15
- 1
- 11
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