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 1 less than 2?
- 2.9 − 5 =
- 3.What is 1 less than 5?
- 4.There are 6 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 5.There are 9 birds and 8 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 6.12 − ? = 3
- 7.There are 16 birds and 9 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 8.16 − 6 =
- 9.Lakshmi had 14 balls and gave 11 to a friend. How many balls does Lakshmi have left?
- 10.Riya had 5 mangoes and gave 4 to a friend. How many mangoes does Riya have left?
- 11.There are 8 bottles and 4 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 12.There are 7 cups and 5 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 13.There are 13 children and 10 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 14.Karan had 15 crayons and gave 7 to a friend. How many crayons does Karan have left?
- 15.There are 10 pencils and 5 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 16.What is 8 less than 9?
- 17.There are 3 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 18.20 − 19 =
- 19.3 − 1 =
- 20.What is 1 less than 4?
- 21.What is 5 less than 8?
- 22.2 − 1 =
- 23.There are 4 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 24.Sneha had 19 shells and gave 11 to a friend. How many shells does Sneha have left?
- 25.? − 2 = 1
- 26.What is 2 less than 5?
- 27.There are 9 pencils and 7 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 28.5 − 4 =
- 29.17 − 5 =
- 30.18 − 12 =
- 31.What is 5 less than 13?
- 32.Ananya had 13 laddoos and gave 5 to a friend. How many laddoos does Ananya have left?
- 33.Riya had 17 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Riya have left?
- 34.10 − 9 =
- 35.12 − 2 =
- 36.What is 4 less than 10?
- 37.There are 18 birds and 12 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 38.Arjun had 16 books and gave 10 to a friend. How many books does Arjun have left?
- 39.19 − 6 =
- 40.Rahul had 14 balls and gave 1 to a friend. How many balls does Rahul have left?
Answer key
- 1
- 4
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 9
- 7
- 10
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 3
- 8
- 5
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 8
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 12
- 6
- 8
- 8
- 16
- 1
- 10
- 6
- 6
- 6
- 13
- 13
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