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
- 1.5 − 2 =
- 2.What is 1 less than 14?
- 3.There are 17 children and 12 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 4.9 − ? = 1
- 5.What is 3 less than 10?
- 6.6 − 5 =
- 7.What is 3 less than 6?
- 8.What is 8 less than 12?
- 9.What is 6 less than 17?
- 10.There are 9 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 11.14 − 1 =
- 12.There are 11 children and 8 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 13.20 − 13 =
- 14.What is 10 less than 14?
- 15.16 − 10 =
- 16.There are 16 cups and 14 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 17.There are 6 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 18.What is 4 less than 5?
- 19.5 − 1 =
- 20.12 − ? = 3
- 21.? − 1 = 2
- 22.Manav had 19 flowers and gave 14 to a friend. How many flowers does Manav have left?
- 23.What is 7 less than 14?
- 24.16 − 8 =
- 25.14 − 3 =
- 26.Diya had 17 crayons and gave 7 to a friend. How many crayons does Diya have left?
- 27.Lakshmi had 8 crayons and gave 3 to a friend. How many crayons does Lakshmi have left?
- 28.18 − ? = 7
- 29.Arjun had 7 laddoos and gave 2 to a friend. How many laddoos does Arjun have left?
- 30.What is 3 less than 16?
- 31.15 − 4 =
- 32.Saanvi had 15 marbles and gave 11 to a friend. How many marbles does Saanvi have left?
- 33.What is 10 less than 13?
- 34.There are 13 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 35.12 − ? = 11
- 36.12 − ? = 6
- 37.3 − ? = 1
- 38.19 − 6 =
- 39.What is 3 less than 8?
- 40.There are 18 cups and 15 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
Answer key
- 3
- 13
- 5
- 8
- 7
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 11
- 6
- 13
- 3
- 7
- 4
- 6
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 4
- 9
- 3
- 5
- 7
- 8
- 11
- 10
- 5
- 11
- 5
- 13
- 11
- 4
- 3
- 11
- 1
- 6
- 2
- 13
- 5
- 3
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