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.What is 12 less than 15?
- 2.What is 12 less than 18?
- 3.There are 8 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 4.What is 5 less than 18?
- 5.6 − ? = 3
- 6.There are 14 pencils and 9 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 7.6 − 4 =
- 8.7 − 4 =
- 9.20 − 6 =
- 10.11 − ? = 10
- 11.5 − 1 =
- 12.16 − 5 =
- 13.There are 11 birds and 10 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 14.What is 2 less than 3?
- 15.4 − 2 =
- 16.There are 5 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 17.Rahul had 14 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Rahul have left?
- 18.There are 9 pencils and 5 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 19.Pooja had 12 balls and gave 9 to a friend. How many balls does Pooja have left?
- 20.16 − 12 =
- 21.Nisha had 15 balls and gave 3 to a friend. How many balls does Nisha have left?
- 22.15 − 12 =
- 23.There are 14 birds and 12 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 24.? − 1 = 3
- 25.4 − ? = 3
- 26.Ishaan had 14 mangoes and gave 1 to a friend. How many mangoes does Ishaan have left?
- 27.What is 1 less than 5?
- 28.11 − 5 =
- 29.15 − 2 =
- 30.Ananya had 4 pencils and gave 2 to a friend. How many pencils does Ananya have left?
- 31.What is 6 less than 7?
- 32.5 − ? = 4
- 33.What is 5 less than 6?
- 34.18 − 7 =
- 35.There are 11 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 36.16 − 14 =
- 37.19 − 18 =
- 38.10 − 2 =
- 39.7 − 1 =
- 40.What is 12 less than 20?
Answer key
- 3
- 6
- 2
- 13
- 3
- 5
- 2
- 3
- 14
- 1
- 4
- 11
- 1
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 11
- 4
- 3
- 4
- 12
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 1
- 13
- 4
- 6
- 13
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 11
- 8
- 2
- 1
- 8
- 6
- 8
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