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
- 1.3 − 2 =
- 2.What is 12 less than 13?
- 3.Saanvi had 17 laddoos and gave 16 to a friend. How many laddoos does Saanvi have left?
- 4.There are 10 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 5.What is 2 less than 7?
- 6.What is 15 less than 17?
- 7.14 − ? = 8
- 8.There are 13 birds and 9 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 9.20 − 7 =
- 10.? − 3 = 9
- 11.? − 4 = 2
- 12.There are 16 pencils and 11 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 13.There are 19 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 14.10 − 4 =
- 15.17 − 8 =
- 16.There are 10 birds and 9 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 17.16 − ? = 11
- 18.? − 4 = 8
- 19.Saanvi had 14 kites and gave 6 to a friend. How many kites does Saanvi have left?
- 20.16 − 1 =
- 21.Manav had 5 balls and gave 2 to a friend. How many balls does Manav have left?
- 22.Tara had 4 mangoes and gave 3 to a friend. How many mangoes does Tara have left?
- 23.There are 6 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 24.What is 10 less than 16?
- 25.4 − 1 =
- 26.? − 6 = 7
- 27.There are 5 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 28.11 − 7 =
- 29.Rahul had 4 laddoos and gave 2 to a friend. How many laddoos does Rahul have left?
- 30.9 − 2 =
- 31.Zoya had 5 kites and gave 3 to a friend. How many kites does Zoya have left?
- 32.19 − 1 =
- 33.11 − 3 =
- 34.There are 14 pencils and 13 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 35.19 − 14 =
- 36.Lakshmi had 19 pencils and gave 13 to a friend. How many pencils does Lakshmi have left?
- 37.What is 7 less than 8?
- 38.Joseph had 5 bananas and gave 2 to a friend. How many bananas does Joseph have left?
- 39.Zoya had 7 kites and gave 1 to a friend. How many kites does Zoya have left?
- 40.There are 17 cups and 13 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
Answer key
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 7
- 5
- 2
- 6
- 4
- 13
- 12
- 6
- 5
- 15
- 6
- 9
- 1
- 5
- 12
- 8
- 15
- 3
- 1
- 1
- 6
- 3
- 13
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 7
- 2
- 18
- 8
- 1
- 5
- 6
- 1
- 3
- 6
- 4
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