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 17 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 2.Kavya had 8 bananas and gave 5 to a friend. How many bananas does Kavya have left?
- 3.5 − 4 =
- 4.5 − ? = 4
- 5.Priya had 11 bananas and gave 2 to a friend. How many bananas does Priya have left?
- 6.5 − ? = 1
- 7.What is 13 less than 20?
- 8.16 − ? = 3
- 9.There are 13 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 10.Rohan had 19 mangoes and gave 9 to a friend. How many mangoes does Rohan have left?
- 11.14 − ? = 7
- 12.? − 2 = 1
- 13.There are 16 boys and 15 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 14.10 − ? = 3
- 15.13 − 4 =
- 16.15 − 13 =
- 17.What is 1 less than 2?
- 18.18 − 16 =
- 19.There are 16 boys and 12 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 20.? − 3 = 11
- 21.What is 5 less than 18?
- 22.There are 10 pencils and 8 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 23.There are 19 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 24.What is 1 less than 3?
- 25.There are 19 birds and 6 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 26.10 − ? = 9
- 27.6 − 1 =
- 28.4 − ? = 2
- 29.14 − 3 =
- 30.Dev had 11 mangoes and gave 1 to a friend. How many mangoes does Dev have left?
- 31.Gurpreet had 14 crayons and gave 7 to a friend. How many crayons does Gurpreet have left?
- 32.? − 1 = 11
- 33.? − 2 = 6
- 34.Gurpreet had 8 bananas and gave 3 to a friend. How many bananas does Gurpreet have left?
- 35.There are 13 boys and 7 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 36.? − 9 = 4
- 37.Kabir had 10 crayons and gave 2 to a friend. How many crayons does Kabir have left?
- 38.What is 8 less than 9?
- 39.? − 2 = 9
- 40.Tara had 20 shells and gave 12 to a friend. How many shells does Tara have left?
Answer key
- 15
- 3
- 1
- 1
- 9
- 4
- 7
- 13
- 11
- 10
- 7
- 3
- 1
- 7
- 9
- 2
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 14
- 13
- 2
- 14
- 2
- 13
- 1
- 5
- 2
- 11
- 10
- 7
- 12
- 8
- 5
- 6
- 13
- 8
- 1
- 11
- 8
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