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 2 less than 7?
- 2.Riya had 16 flowers and gave 9 to a friend. How many flowers does Riya have left?
- 3.What is 9 less than 13?
- 4.14 − ? = 4
- 5.There are 8 cups and 6 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 6.12 − ? = 2
- 7.There are 15 pencils and 10 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 8.What is 1 less than 19?
- 9.Tara had 7 flowers and gave 3 to a friend. How many flowers does Tara have left?
- 10.What is 5 less than 15?
- 11.5 − 3 =
- 12.There are 18 children and 9 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 13.There are 20 boys and 10 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 14.? − 1 = 4
- 15.There are 5 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 16.17 − 9 =
- 17.Nisha had 10 balls and gave 4 to a friend. How many balls does Nisha have left?
- 18.There are 15 birds and 14 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 19.2 − 1 =
- 20.? − 5 = 5
- 21.What is 3 less than 4?
- 22.What is 3 less than 7?
- 23.10 − ? = 6
- 24.What is 7 less than 18?
- 25.16 − 2 =
- 26.There are 12 boys and 11 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 27.There are 10 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 28.14 − 9 =
- 29.There are 20 pencils and 10 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 30.There are 8 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 31.9 − 7 =
- 32.What is 1 less than 6?
- 33.Lakshmi had 13 books and gave 3 to a friend. How many books does Lakshmi have left?
- 34.6 − 4 =
- 35.What is 1 less than 2?
- 36.What is 1 less than 16?
- 37.Ishaan had 8 marbles and gave 1 to a friend. How many marbles does Ishaan have left?
- 38.18 − 3 =
- 39.There are 5 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 40.20 − 4 =
Answer key
- 5
- 7
- 4
- 10
- 2
- 10
- 5
- 18
- 4
- 10
- 2
- 9
- 10
- 5
- 2
- 8
- 6
- 1
- 1
- 10
- 1
- 4
- 4
- 11
- 14
- 1
- 7
- 5
- 10
- 4
- 2
- 5
- 10
- 2
- 1
- 15
- 7
- 15
- 1
- 16
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