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 11 less than 15?
- 2.5 − 1 =
- 3.Aditya had 5 laddoos and gave 2 to a friend. How many laddoos does Aditya have left?
- 4.There are 14 children and 8 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 5.There are 5 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 6.14 − 5 =
- 7.17 − 7 =
- 8.There are 17 cups and 6 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 9.What is 6 less than 11?
- 10.Isha had 11 shells and gave 7 to a friend. How many shells does Isha have left?
- 11.What is 2 less than 8?
- 12.? − 6 = 10
- 13.15 − 2 =
- 14.Pooja had 12 mangoes and gave 10 to a friend. How many mangoes does Pooja have left?
- 15.11 − ? = 5
- 16.There are 4 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 17.There are 15 bottles and 8 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 18.What is 4 less than 14?
- 19.What is 3 less than 16?
- 20.There are 3 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 21.17 − 16 =
- 22.Lakshmi had 3 marbles and gave 2 to a friend. How many marbles does Lakshmi have left?
- 23.What is 6 less than 7?
- 24.13 − 4 =
- 25.What is 4 less than 5?
- 26.17 − 3 =
- 27.What is 2 less than 10?
- 28.Ishaan had 7 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Ishaan have left?
- 29.18 − 4 =
- 30.There are 8 cups and 6 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 31.14 − 9 =
- 32.Diya had 15 pencils and gave 8 to a friend. How many pencils does Diya have left?
- 33.15 − 1 =
- 34.Ishaan had 3 flowers and gave 1 to a friend. How many flowers does Ishaan have left?
- 35.20 − ? = 17
- 36.There are 8 bottles and 4 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 37.What is 3 less than 4?
- 38.6 − 3 =
- 39.3 − 2 =
- 40.7 − ? = 4
Answer key
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 6
- 2
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 5
- 4
- 6
- 16
- 13
- 2
- 6
- 1
- 7
- 10
- 13
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 9
- 1
- 14
- 8
- 6
- 14
- 2
- 5
- 7
- 14
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 1
- 3
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