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 7 pencils and 5 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 2.Saanvi had 16 balls and gave 2 to a friend. How many balls does Saanvi have left?
- 3.What is 2 less than 4?
- 4.What is 5 less than 17?
- 5.What is 18 less than 19?
- 6.9 − 7 =
- 7.Ishaan had 11 flowers and gave 10 to a friend. How many flowers does Ishaan have left?
- 8.19 − ? = 10
- 9.What is 5 less than 12?
- 10.20 − 14 =
- 11.4 − 2 =
- 12.What is 2 less than 11?
- 13.What is 10 less than 14?
- 14.5 − 4 =
- 15.There are 10 birds and 7 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 16.12 − 10 =
- 17.Lakshmi had 13 bananas and gave 1 to a friend. How many bananas does Lakshmi have left?
- 18.Gurpreet had 11 shells and gave 8 to a friend. How many shells does Gurpreet have left?
- 19.6 − 1 =
- 20.Tara had 11 mangoes and gave 7 to a friend. How many mangoes does Tara have left?
- 21.Aditya had 12 balls and gave 9 to a friend. How many balls does Aditya have left?
- 22.There are 10 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 23.What is 7 less than 9?
- 24.Arjun had 10 pencils and gave 5 to a friend. How many pencils does Arjun have left?
- 25.? − 6 = 2
- 26.4 − 3 =
- 27.Arjun had 16 flowers and gave 13 to a friend. How many flowers does Arjun have left?
- 28.There are 6 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 29.What is 9 less than 18?
- 30.What is 15 less than 16?
- 31.There are 8 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 32.What is 4 less than 6?
- 33.8 − ? = 1
- 34.3 − 2 =
- 35.6 − ? = 3
- 36.What is 5 less than 9?
- 37.There are 5 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 38.18 − 9 =
- 39.? − 1 = 4
- 40.There are 4 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
Answer key
- 2
- 14
- 2
- 12
- 1
- 2
- 1
- 9
- 7
- 6
- 2
- 9
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 12
- 3
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 7
- 2
- 5
- 8
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 9
- 1
- 6
- 2
- 7
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 9
- 5
- 2
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