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.? − 2 = 14
- 2.Farhan had 14 mangoes and gave 13 to a friend. How many mangoes does Farhan have left?
- 3.Ishaan had 7 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Ishaan have left?
- 4.17 − 8 =
- 5.What is 1 less than 3?
- 6.19 − ? = 8
- 7.What is 10 less than 11?
- 8.? − 2 = 2
- 9.There are 5 children and 4 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 10.There are 13 pencils and 6 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 11.10 − 8 =
- 12.What is 2 less than 3?
- 13.What is 4 less than 5?
- 14.15 − ? = 3
- 15.? − 3 = 2
- 16.19 − ? = 1
- 17.6 − ? = 1
- 18.There are 4 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 19.14 − 1 =
- 20.3 − 2 =
- 21.Dev had 15 pencils and gave 4 to a friend. How many pencils does Dev have left?
- 22.What is 1 less than 4?
- 23.4 − ? = 2
- 24.17 − ? = 15
- 25.What is 11 less than 14?
- 26.There are 3 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 27.Gurpreet had 8 pencils and gave 6 to a friend. How many pencils does Gurpreet have left?
- 28.There are 15 birds and 8 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 29.What is 8 less than 15?
- 30.8 − ? = 5
- 31.There are 3 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 32.5 − 3 =
- 33.4 − ? = 3
- 34.There are 14 bottles and 5 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 35.Vivaan had 19 crayons and gave 2 to a friend. How many crayons does Vivaan have left?
- 36.There are 3 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 37.6 − 4 =
- 38.? − 7 = 4
- 39.What is 8 less than 19?
- 40.19 − ? = 18
Answer key
- 16
- 1
- 5
- 9
- 2
- 11
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 7
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 12
- 5
- 18
- 5
- 2
- 13
- 1
- 11
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 7
- 7
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 1
- 9
- 17
- 1
- 2
- 11
- 11
- 1
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