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.Kavya had 12 marbles and gave 9 to a friend. How many marbles does Kavya have left?
- 2.18 − ? = 16
- 3.19 − 17 =
- 4.What is 1 less than 3?
- 5.Karan had 8 balls and gave 1 to a friend. How many balls does Karan have left?
- 6.6 − 1 =
- 7.There are 10 boys and 6 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 8.Lakshmi had 8 mangoes and gave 6 to a friend. How many mangoes does Lakshmi have left?
- 9.3 − ? = 2
- 10.What is 3 less than 14?
- 11.What is 1 less than 6?
- 12.What is 6 less than 7?
- 13.16 − 11 =
- 14.Kavya had 3 crayons and gave 2 to a friend. How many crayons does Kavya have left?
- 15.What is 11 less than 20?
- 16.There are 4 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 17.18 − 4 =
- 18.16 − 2 =
- 19.13 − 6 =
- 20.6 − 4 =
- 21.There are 10 boys and 7 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 22.What is 2 less than 3?
- 23.16 − 7 =
- 24.Sneha had 18 laddoos and gave 12 to a friend. How many laddoos does Sneha have left?
- 25.? − 1 = 3
- 26.10 − ? = 1
- 27.? − 7 = 4
- 28.There are 11 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 29.16 − 13 =
- 30.What is 8 less than 10?
- 31.There are 18 bottles and 15 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 32.Sneha had 14 books and gave 1 to a friend. How many books does Sneha have left?
- 33.There are 11 pencils and 10 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 34.There are 6 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 35.There are 7 bottles and 6 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 36.There are 10 pencils and 6 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 37.There are 3 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 38.15 − 12 =
- 39.? − 2 = 4
- 40.There are 6 birds and 4 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
Answer key
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 7
- 5
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 11
- 5
- 1
- 5
- 1
- 9
- 1
- 14
- 14
- 7
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 9
- 6
- 4
- 9
- 11
- 7
- 3
- 2
- 3
- 13
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 6
- 2
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