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 − 1 =
- 2.There are 7 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 3.What is 8 less than 18?
- 4.There are 8 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 5.There are 14 boys and 13 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 6.What is 5 less than 18?
- 7.What is 5 less than 13?
- 8.There are 8 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 9.? − 8 = 4
- 10.12 − 6 =
- 11.What is 8 less than 9?
- 12.17 − 13 =
- 13.5 − 3 =
- 14.11 − 1 =
- 15.There are 10 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 16.Tara had 9 balls and gave 6 to a friend. How many balls does Tara have left?
- 17.18 − ? = 16
- 18.Rahul had 3 books and gave 2 to a friend. How many books does Rahul have left?
- 19.What is 4 less than 17?
- 20.? − 6 = 14
- 21.What is 1 less than 19?
- 22.2 − 1 =
- 23.Saanvi had 15 crayons and gave 4 to a friend. How many crayons does Saanvi have left?
- 24.Kavya had 11 mangoes and gave 6 to a friend. How many mangoes does Kavya have left?
- 25.Karan had 7 flowers and gave 2 to a friend. How many flowers does Karan have left?
- 26.? − 12 = 4
- 27.What is 2 less than 6?
- 28.11 − ? = 10
- 29.Farhan had 17 pencils and gave 7 to a friend. How many pencils does Farhan have left?
- 30.What is 8 less than 11?
- 31.20 − 8 =
- 32.There are 3 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 33.There are 4 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 34.There are 19 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 35.6 − 2 =
- 36.16 − ? = 4
- 37.What is 2 less than 7?
- 38.There are 14 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 39.There are 10 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 40.16 − ? = 3
Answer key
- 3
- 1
- 10
- 3
- 1
- 13
- 8
- 5
- 12
- 6
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 10
- 6
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 13
- 20
- 18
- 1
- 11
- 5
- 5
- 16
- 4
- 1
- 10
- 3
- 12
- 1
- 2
- 14
- 4
- 12
- 5
- 12
- 8
- 13
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