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.What is 14 less than 17?
- 2.There are 7 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 3.Manav had 7 pencils and gave 2 to a friend. How many pencils does Manav have left?
- 4.What is 1 less than 7?
- 5.9 − 2 =
- 6.5 − 3 =
- 7.9 − 7 =
- 8.6 − 1 =
- 9.What is 2 less than 7?
- 10.? − 4 = 9
- 11.There are 19 boys and 18 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 12.Karan had 8 crayons and gave 6 to a friend. How many crayons does Karan have left?
- 13.There are 13 children and 7 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 14.17 − 4 =
- 15.7 − ? = 2
- 16.? − 1 = 3
- 17.16 − 7 =
- 18.Gurpreet had 4 balls and gave 3 to a friend. How many balls does Gurpreet have left?
- 19.3 − 2 =
- 20.Dev had 16 marbles and gave 1 to a friend. How many marbles does Dev have left?
- 21.What is 3 less than 13?
- 22.What is 12 less than 14?
- 23.Rohan had 17 mangoes and gave 2 to a friend. How many mangoes does Rohan have left?
- 24.6 − 5 =
- 25.There are 19 pencils and 13 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 26.Isha had 9 shells and gave 3 to a friend. How many shells does Isha have left?
- 27.There are 5 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 28.Dev had 7 shells and gave 4 to a friend. How many shells does Dev have left?
- 29.Rahul had 3 crayons and gave 2 to a friend. How many crayons does Rahul have left?
- 30.What is 6 less than 7?
- 31.3 − ? = 2
- 32.There are 16 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 33.Manav had 8 crayons and gave 7 to a friend. How many crayons does Manav have left?
- 34.There are 6 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 35.18 − 12 =
- 36.? − 7 = 3
- 37.There are 17 birds and 12 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 38.14 − ? = 11
- 39.2 − 1 =
- 40.14 − ? = 12
Answer key
- 3
- 5
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 2
- 2
- 5
- 5
- 13
- 1
- 2
- 6
- 13
- 5
- 4
- 9
- 1
- 1
- 15
- 10
- 2
- 15
- 1
- 6
- 6
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 12
- 1
- 3
- 6
- 10
- 5
- 3
- 1
- 2
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