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.Zoya had 6 marbles and gave 2 to a friend. How many marbles does Zoya have left?
- 2.What is 6 less than 7?
- 3.Aarav had 9 kites and gave 5 to a friend. How many kites does Aarav have left?
- 4.7 − ? = 6
- 5.3 − 2 =
- 6.16 − 2 =
- 7.Aarav had 11 laddoos and gave 9 to a friend. How many laddoos does Aarav have left?
- 8.What is 5 less than 11?
- 9.15 − 7 =
- 10.What is 3 less than 5?
- 11.20 − 6 =
- 12.There are 7 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 13.There are 9 cups and 5 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 14.? − 6 = 14
- 15.13 − ? = 11
- 16.What is 2 less than 3?
- 17.Diya had 7 pencils and gave 3 to a friend. How many pencils does Diya have left?
- 18.Joseph had 6 marbles and gave 3 to a friend. How many marbles does Joseph have left?
- 19.Pooja had 3 mangoes and gave 1 to a friend. How many mangoes does Pooja have left?
- 20.Zoya had 17 pencils and gave 7 to a friend. How many pencils does Zoya have left?
- 21.What is 10 less than 14?
- 22.14 − ? = 2
- 23.There are 10 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 24.What is 9 less than 11?
- 25.Riya had 12 marbles and gave 8 to a friend. How many marbles does Riya have left?
- 26.5 − 3 =
- 27.15 − 8 =
- 28.3 − ? = 1
- 29.15 − 4 =
- 30.13 − 10 =
- 31.Aarav had 9 crayons and gave 1 to a friend. How many crayons does Aarav have left?
- 32.16 − 12 =
- 33.Isha had 17 bananas and gave 8 to a friend. How many bananas does Isha have left?
- 34.9 − 2 =
- 35.There are 8 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 36.? − 5 = 1
- 37.There are 10 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 38.10 − 4 =
- 39.There are 7 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 40.What is 2 less than 7?
Answer key
- 4
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 1
- 14
- 2
- 6
- 8
- 2
- 14
- 5
- 4
- 20
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 10
- 4
- 12
- 5
- 2
- 4
- 2
- 7
- 2
- 11
- 3
- 8
- 4
- 9
- 7
- 5
- 6
- 4
- 6
- 4
- 5
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