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 18 less than 20?
- 2.8 − 2 =
- 3.9 − 7 =
- 4.Diya had 10 mangoes and gave 5 to a friend. How many mangoes does Diya have left?
- 5.What is 3 less than 16?
- 6.Zoya had 15 balls and gave 5 to a friend. How many balls does Zoya have left?
- 7.16 − 15 =
- 8.There are 17 bottles and 5 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 9.Manav had 11 pencils and gave 1 to a friend. How many pencils does Manav have left?
- 10.9 − 4 =
- 11.What is 1 less than 8?
- 12.? − 1 = 8
- 13.What is 3 less than 5?
- 14.What is 4 less than 8?
- 15.16 − 13 =
- 16.Meera had 8 bananas and gave 1 to a friend. How many bananas does Meera have left?
- 17.There are 8 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 18.Dev had 20 crayons and gave 9 to a friend. How many crayons does Dev have left?
- 19.There are 3 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 20.There are 5 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 21.18 − 15 =
- 22.13 − ? = 1
- 23.4 − 2 =
- 24.Priya had 3 laddoos and gave 2 to a friend. How many laddoos does Priya have left?
- 25.There are 9 cups and 8 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 26.There are 13 bottles and 9 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 27.10 − 9 =
- 28.Aditya had 4 balls and gave 2 to a friend. How many balls does Aditya have left?
- 29.? − 1 = 4
- 30.10 − ? = 1
- 31.There are 4 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 32.There are 9 children and 4 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 33.19 − 6 =
- 34.What is 10 less than 12?
- 35.There are 7 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 36.What is 2 less than 13?
- 37.20 − ? = 4
- 38.What is 4 less than 17?
- 39.Ananya had 5 shells and gave 1 to a friend. How many shells does Ananya have left?
- 40.? − 9 = 2
Answer key
- 2
- 6
- 2
- 5
- 13
- 10
- 1
- 12
- 10
- 5
- 7
- 9
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 7
- 6
- 11
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 12
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 5
- 9
- 1
- 5
- 13
- 2
- 5
- 11
- 16
- 13
- 4
- 11
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