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 16 birds and 6 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 2.15 − 7 =
- 3.8 − 7 =
- 4.Joseph had 5 crayons and gave 4 to a friend. How many crayons does Joseph have left?
- 5.What is 5 less than 8?
- 6.What is 2 less than 11?
- 7.Rahul had 15 crayons and gave 6 to a friend. How many crayons does Rahul have left?
- 8.8 − 2 =
- 9.What is 1 less than 12?
- 10.Priya had 9 bananas and gave 1 to a friend. How many bananas does Priya have left?
- 11.Farhan had 14 pencils and gave 11 to a friend. How many pencils does Farhan have left?
- 12.? − 8 = 11
- 13.What is 1 less than 4?
- 14.There are 6 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 15.? − 1 = 7
- 16.10 − 9 =
- 17.14 − 9 =
- 18.7 − 1 =
- 19.There are 10 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 20.17 − 8 =
- 21.There are 19 children and 12 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 22.What is 8 less than 12?
- 23.13 − 3 =
- 24.4 − 3 =
- 25.What is 18 less than 19?
- 26.Lakshmi had 15 marbles and gave 9 to a friend. How many marbles does Lakshmi have left?
- 27.Rahul had 7 marbles and gave 6 to a friend. How many marbles does Rahul have left?
- 28.What is 3 less than 9?
- 29.10 − ? = 9
- 30.2 − 1 =
- 31.Isha had 5 balls and gave 3 to a friend. How many balls does Isha have left?
- 32.There are 15 pencils and 10 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 33.What is 1 less than 2?
- 34.8 − ? = 4
- 35.17 − ? = 16
- 36.There are 13 cups and 6 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 37.There are 19 bottles and 4 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 38.There are 7 boys and 5 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 39.What is 4 less than 15?
- 40.7 − 5 =
Answer key
- 10
- 8
- 1
- 1
- 3
- 9
- 9
- 6
- 11
- 8
- 3
- 19
- 3
- 2
- 8
- 1
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 9
- 7
- 4
- 10
- 1
- 1
- 6
- 1
- 6
- 1
- 1
- 2
- 5
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 7
- 15
- 2
- 11
- 2
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