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 3 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 2.There are 13 birds and 12 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 3.7 − 2 =
- 4.What is 3 less than 14?
- 5.5 − 4 =
- 6.? − 9 = 1
- 7.Joseph had 9 pencils and gave 2 to a friend. How many pencils does Joseph have left?
- 8.? − 9 = 3
- 9.What is 3 less than 7?
- 10.There are 9 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 11.Lakshmi had 15 crayons and gave 4 to a friend. How many crayons does Lakshmi have left?
- 12.8 − ? = 1
- 13.16 − 4 =
- 14.15 − 9 =
- 15.2 − 1 =
- 16.Manav had 7 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Manav have left?
- 17.Priya had 18 books and gave 12 to a friend. How many books does Priya have left?
- 18.There are 7 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 19.13 − 9 =
- 20.What is 7 less than 18?
- 21.There are 9 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 22.6 − ? = 3
- 23.19 − 1 =
- 24.11 − 2 =
- 25.There are 20 bottles and 13 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 26.What is 1 less than 2?
- 27.There are 12 pencils and 5 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 28.? − 6 = 2
- 29.What is 2 less than 6?
- 30.There are 19 bottles and 7 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 31.20 − 2 =
- 32.4 − 1 =
- 33.Ananya had 13 kites and gave 1 to a friend. How many kites does Ananya have left?
- 34.19 − ? = 13
- 35.There are 8 bottles and 5 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 36.14 − ? = 7
- 37.What is 6 less than 10?
- 38.? − 1 = 6
- 39.What is 8 less than 20?
- 40.What is 7 less than 9?
Answer key
- 1
- 1
- 5
- 11
- 1
- 10
- 7
- 12
- 4
- 4
- 11
- 7
- 12
- 6
- 1
- 5
- 6
- 4
- 4
- 11
- 5
- 3
- 18
- 9
- 7
- 1
- 7
- 8
- 4
- 12
- 18
- 3
- 12
- 6
- 3
- 7
- 4
- 7
- 12
- 2
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