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.Priya had 18 shells and gave 2 to a friend. How many shells does Priya have left?
- 2.Lakshmi had 14 mangoes and gave 11 to a friend. How many mangoes does Lakshmi have left?
- 3.There are 7 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 4.There are 8 pencils and 6 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 5.5 − 1 =
- 6.9 − 8 =
- 7.What is 3 less than 10?
- 8.19 − 1 =
- 9.? − 1 = 4
- 10.What is 18 less than 19?
- 11.What is 1 less than 5?
- 12.What is 6 less than 7?
- 13.6 − ? = 5
- 14.There are 11 boys and 9 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 15.Vivaan had 6 kites and gave 1 to a friend. How many kites does Vivaan have left?
- 16.9 − ? = 8
- 17.There are 3 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 18.? − 10 = 1
- 19.Priya had 17 balloons and gave 16 to a friend. How many balloons does Priya have left?
- 20.11 − 4 =
- 21.There are 14 boys and 5 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 22.Aarav had 3 balls and gave 2 to a friend. How many balls does Aarav have left?
- 23.What is 1 less than 9?
- 24.15 − 1 =
- 25.There are 13 children and 12 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 26.? − 9 = 4
- 27.16 − 14 =
- 28.2 − 1 =
- 29.19 − 16 =
- 30.What is 1 less than 16?
- 31.16 − ? = 5
- 32.Isha had 17 flowers and gave 14 to a friend. How many flowers does Isha have left?
- 33.? − 9 = 9
- 34.There are 5 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 35.Diya had 16 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Diya have left?
- 36.What is 2 less than 9?
- 37.There are 6 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 38.Aditya had 16 mangoes and gave 14 to a friend. How many mangoes does Aditya have left?
- 39.Diya had 20 mangoes and gave 5 to a friend. How many mangoes does Diya have left?
- 40.There are 13 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
Answer key
- 16
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 4
- 1
- 7
- 18
- 5
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 1
- 2
- 5
- 1
- 1
- 11
- 1
- 7
- 9
- 1
- 8
- 14
- 1
- 13
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 15
- 11
- 3
- 18
- 2
- 14
- 7
- 1
- 2
- 15
- 9
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