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.There are 18 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 2.What is 10 less than 20?
- 3.Riya had 8 bananas and gave 4 to a friend. How many bananas does Riya have left?
- 4.18 − ? = 1
- 5.20 − 14 =
- 6.? − 1 = 5
- 7.Ishaan had 10 laddoos and gave 6 to a friend. How many laddoos does Ishaan have left?
- 8.15 − 4 =
- 9.What is 3 less than 15?
- 10.8 − ? = 4
- 11.? − 5 = 5
- 12.15 − 9 =
- 13.? − 1 = 8
- 14.7 − 5 =
- 15.? − 2 = 1
- 16.What is 3 less than 7?
- 17.2 − 1 =
- 18.7 − 4 =
- 19.There are 15 cups and 14 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 20.13 − 9 =
- 21.? − 5 = 3
- 22.There are 5 birds and 4 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 23.8 − ? = 1
- 24.What is 3 less than 4?
- 25.11 − 4 =
- 26.3 − ? = 2
- 27.5 − ? = 1
- 28.20 − ? = 19
- 29.6 − ? = 1
- 30.There are 12 pencils and 5 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 31.There are 5 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 32.18 − 5 =
- 33.9 − 8 =
- 34.5 − 1 =
- 35.What is 11 less than 12?
- 36.There are 19 pencils and 5 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 37.? − 1 = 10
- 38.11 − 6 =
- 39.There are 11 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 40.18 − ? = 16
Answer key
- 13
- 10
- 4
- 17
- 6
- 6
- 4
- 11
- 12
- 4
- 10
- 6
- 9
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 8
- 1
- 7
- 1
- 7
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 5
- 7
- 2
- 13
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 14
- 11
- 5
- 8
- 2
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