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
- 1.17 − 16 =
- 2.There are 10 children and 4 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 3.12 − ? = 3
- 4.? − 4 = 16
- 5.What is 4 less than 5?
- 6.7 − 6 =
- 7.There are 8 pencils and 7 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 8.What is 14 less than 16?
- 9.Aarav had 11 balls and gave 1 to a friend. How many balls does Aarav have left?
- 10.What is 11 less than 13?
- 11.There are 4 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 12.? − 7 = 3
- 13.What is 2 less than 8?
- 14.2 − 1 =
- 15.There are 9 cups and 8 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 16.What is 4 less than 9?
- 17.Tara had 15 bananas and gave 10 to a friend. How many bananas does Tara have left?
- 18.14 − ? = 12
- 19.8 − 5 =
- 20.What is 2 less than 7?
- 21.There are 4 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 22.There are 6 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 23.There are 7 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 24.Aarav had 14 shells and gave 11 to a friend. How many shells does Aarav have left?
- 25.6 − 3 =
- 26.14 − 5 =
- 27.There are 5 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 28.There are 19 boys and 15 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 29.Kavya had 20 books and gave 1 to a friend. How many books does Kavya have left?
- 30.16 − ? = 9
- 31.Gurpreet had 14 mangoes and gave 4 to a friend. How many mangoes does Gurpreet have left?
- 32.5 − ? = 4
- 33.8 − 4 =
- 34.What is 2 less than 6?
- 35.What is 7 less than 12?
- 36.Saanvi had 4 pencils and gave 1 to a friend. How many pencils does Saanvi have left?
- 37.5 − 3 =
- 38.16 − ? = 2
- 39.? − 4 = 12
- 40.What is 5 less than 7?
Answer key
- 1
- 6
- 9
- 20
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 2
- 10
- 2
- 1
- 10
- 6
- 1
- 1
- 5
- 5
- 2
- 3
- 5
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 9
- 1
- 4
- 19
- 7
- 10
- 1
- 4
- 4
- 5
- 3
- 2
- 14
- 16
- 2
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