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 1 less than 2?
- 2.There are 9 pencils and 8 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 3.What is 2 less than 13?
- 4.3 − 1 =
- 5.6 − 3 =
- 6.There are 11 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 7.What is 3 less than 7?
- 8.Meera had 17 flowers and gave 16 to a friend. How many flowers does Meera have left?
- 9.What is 2 less than 10?
- 10.Nisha had 4 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Nisha have left?
- 11.18 − 11 =
- 12.Tara had 11 flowers and gave 4 to a friend. How many flowers does Tara have left?
- 13.What is 3 less than 6?
- 14.4 − ? = 1
- 15.What is 4 less than 17?
- 16.There are 10 bottles and 6 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 17.There are 10 bottles and 9 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 18.2 − 1 =
- 19.Pooja had 6 mangoes and gave 5 to a friend. How many mangoes does Pooja have left?
- 20.What is 2 less than 4?
- 21.There are 18 pencils and 16 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 22.Isha had 19 laddoos and gave 4 to a friend. How many laddoos does Isha have left?
- 23.16 − 5 =
- 24.What is 7 less than 11?
- 25.What is 15 less than 17?
- 26.4 − ? = 3
- 27.What is 1 less than 12?
- 28.What is 9 less than 12?
- 29.What is 4 less than 15?
- 30.? − 1 = 6
- 31.18 − ? = 8
- 32.Ananya had 13 shells and gave 5 to a friend. How many shells does Ananya have left?
- 33.20 − 13 =
- 34.There are 19 birds and 7 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 35.What is 1 less than 3?
- 36.What is 10 less than 14?
- 37.13 − 4 =
- 38.6 − 2 =
- 39.7 − 5 =
- 40.? − 1 = 8
Answer key
- 1
- 1
- 11
- 2
- 3
- 7
- 4
- 1
- 8
- 2
- 7
- 7
- 3
- 3
- 13
- 4
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 2
- 2
- 15
- 11
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 11
- 3
- 11
- 7
- 10
- 8
- 7
- 12
- 2
- 4
- 9
- 4
- 2
- 9
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