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 13 cups and 5 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 2.There are 8 bottles and 4 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 3.Meera had 10 kites and gave 5 to a friend. How many kites does Meera have left?
- 4.17 − ? = 5
- 5.Diya had 3 pencils and gave 2 to a friend. How many pencils does Diya have left?
- 6.Aarav had 17 balls and gave 8 to a friend. How many balls does Aarav have left?
- 7.10 − ? = 2
- 8.What is 5 less than 13?
- 9.What is 4 less than 7?
- 10.What is 8 less than 13?
- 11.? − 1 = 2
- 12.Rohan had 4 books and gave 3 to a friend. How many books does Rohan have left?
- 13.What is 12 less than 19?
- 14.There are 16 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 15.Rohan had 9 shells and gave 3 to a friend. How many shells does Rohan have left?
- 16.There are 18 birds and 9 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 17.There are 7 boys and 6 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 18.12 − ? = 3
- 19.Riya had 3 kites and gave 1 to a friend. How many kites does Riya have left?
- 20.There are 15 cups and 10 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 21.? − 2 = 18
- 22.8 − ? = 5
- 23.There are 10 cups and 8 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 24.? − 1 = 7
- 25.What is 6 less than 9?
- 26.What is 7 less than 10?
- 27.4 − ? = 3
- 28.What is 13 less than 15?
- 29.There are 12 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 30.6 − 2 =
- 31.9 − 2 =
- 32.15 − 3 =
- 33.10 − 2 =
- 34.Nisha had 4 balls and gave 2 to a friend. How many balls does Nisha have left?
- 35.There are 17 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 36.18 − 5 =
- 37.18 − 16 =
- 38.There are 19 cups and 13 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 39.There are 8 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 40.There are 17 birds and 4 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
Answer key
- 8
- 4
- 5
- 12
- 1
- 9
- 8
- 8
- 3
- 5
- 3
- 1
- 7
- 13
- 6
- 9
- 1
- 9
- 2
- 5
- 20
- 3
- 2
- 8
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 9
- 4
- 7
- 12
- 8
- 2
- 14
- 13
- 2
- 6
- 4
- 13
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