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 1 less than 4?
- 2.What is 6 less than 12?
- 3.There are 17 children and 8 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 4.There are 8 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 5.15 − 7 =
- 6.12 − 6 =
- 7.There are 13 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 8.9 − 6 =
- 9.10 − 6 =
- 10.What is 1 less than 2?
- 11.14 − ? = 7
- 12.17 − 15 =
- 13.19 − 9 =
- 14.? − 1 = 4
- 15.What is 1 less than 15?
- 16.There are 11 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 17.Vivaan had 8 flowers and gave 2 to a friend. How many flowers does Vivaan have left?
- 18.20 − 18 =
- 19.Rohan had 15 shells and gave 2 to a friend. How many shells does Rohan have left?
- 20.Meera had 6 balls and gave 1 to a friend. How many balls does Meera have left?
- 21.? − 2 = 2
- 22.There are 15 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 23.? − 11 = 9
- 24.Sneha had 5 books and gave 2 to a friend. How many books does Sneha have left?
- 25.What is 2 less than 11?
- 26.There are 11 boys and 5 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 27.? − 4 = 15
- 28.6 − 1 =
- 29.What is 1 less than 12?
- 30.8 − 7 =
- 31.Isha had 18 books and gave 3 to a friend. How many books does Isha have left?
- 32.? − 9 = 1
- 33.There are 7 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 34.19 − 11 =
- 35.What is 8 less than 14?
- 36.There are 9 bottles and 7 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 37.18 − ? = 16
- 38.There are 14 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 39.Saanvi had 5 books and gave 1 to a friend. How many books does Saanvi have left?
- 40.There are 4 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
Answer key
- 3
- 6
- 9
- 3
- 8
- 6
- 11
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 7
- 2
- 10
- 5
- 14
- 7
- 6
- 2
- 13
- 5
- 4
- 13
- 20
- 3
- 9
- 6
- 19
- 5
- 11
- 1
- 15
- 10
- 4
- 8
- 6
- 2
- 2
- 10
- 4
- 2
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